Riparian areas are often highly profitable foraging grounds for insectivorous bats [35], [36], and rivers are used as orientation landmarks by some species [37].
In rivers, turbulence and flow may continually disrupt the visual landscape such that river fish may benefit from learning orientation routes only if learning is constrained so that unreliable visual cues are ignored.
On the Tyrrhenian side, rivers follow these valleys for long traits, assuming a trend with a North-South orientation, while, on the Adriatic side, rivers are principally orthogonal to the mountain chain.
Further, the analysis shows that a larger diversion channel with a favorable alignment orientation to the flow direction in the river results in higher sediment water ratio.
In addition, several navigable rivers and canals cross Brandenburg, again primarily with an east-west orientation, including the Elbe-Havel, Oder-Spree, and Oder-Havel canals, which link the major rivers of the region for barge traffic.
In the context of population connectivity, it is proposed that proximate estuaries and rias of western Iberia are inter-linked populations sharing similar conditions of dispersal and retention, including coastline orientation, alternating winds during late winter and spring, and river plumes.
In contrast to the biophysical orientation of the first four disciplinary perspectives, the river engineering perspective is primarily one of safety and navigation.
I followed the same rules of geographic orientation as if I were walking alongside a quiet river.
A simulation experiment was used to understand the importance of riparian vegetation density, channel orientation and flow velocity for stream energy budgets and river temperature dynamics.
Orientation toward more abundant water resources, such as alluvial aquifers, river water, or water from newly constructed reservoirs, is a common trend.
