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Channel Processes

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The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources

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The Brahmaputra River has evolved in about two million years and rests on fractured pavements. Aggradation and degradation occur in alternate reaches of the river. The eroded sediment contributes to building the bars and islands within the river. This chapter presents a discussion of different channel processes that shape this huge river.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    Vijay P. Singh

  2. Water Resources Development Training Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India

    Nayan Sharma

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India

    C. Shekhar P. Ojha

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Palaniappan, A.B. (2004). Channel Processes. In: Singh, V.P., Sharma, N., Ojha, C.S.P. (eds) The Brahmaputra Basin Water Resources. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0540-0_9

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