Channel Assessment Procedure Field Guidebook

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Appendix 2.

Diagnostic channel keys


Morphology:
Disturbance level:
Code:
Riffle-pool
Severely aggraded
RPg-w: A3
RPg-w
A3




Relevant field indicators:
S2, S3, S4, C2, C3,
C4, B2, D2, D3
Generally:
Channel widened over entire reach length.
No undercut banks.
Pools are infrequent (<15% of channel length) and shallow (< one-third of a metre deep).
Riffles are extensive (>80% of channel).
Elevated mid-channel bars (bar tops higher than bank tops) with steep and easily disturbed downstream faces.
LWD is clumped into jams.

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