Certain aspects of the changes in rivers through time are described in climate: Effects of precipitation, and the general interrelationship of river systems to other components of the Earth's hydrosphere is treated in hydrosphere: River and ocean waters.
The AU will also address management of river systems, dams and wetlands.
Over-exploitation of river systems and oases has exacerbated the problem.
A new study has found links between dams and the declining health of river systems.
Meybeck, M. Global analysis of river systems: from Earth system controls to Anthropocene syndromes.
The study could also reveal new insights into the regional-scale dynamics of river systems.
The industrialisation of river systems during the 1970s and 1980s destroyed the banks where voles make their burrows.
Dynesius, M. & Nilsson, C. Fragmentation and flow regulation of river systems in the northern third of the world.
Fine sediment plays crucial and multiple roles in the hydrological, ecological and geomorphological functioning of river systems.
Tidal freshwater marshes are found in segments of river systems that are close enough to the coast to experience significant tidal action but not salinity.
(Studies of river systems, for example, suggest that greater changes in channel morphology occur during brief infrequent floods than during protracted low-flow periods).
