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570:Aggradation
444:Stream pool
205:Gregorich,
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61:oxbow lakes
29:flood plain
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1454:Wild river
1134:Hydrograph
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1089:Baer's law
1033:Inundation
1018:Floodplain
958:stormwater
916:Whitewater
788:Oxbow lake
625:Knickpoint
600:Deposition
493:Hot spring
434:Streamflow
424:Stream bed
341:Confluence
239:2010-02-01
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131:, page 315
89:References
57:meandering
1424:Limnology
1373:Triathlon
1343:Canyoning
1312:Revetment
1242:Check dam
1154:Main stem
911:Waterfall
798:Point bar
783:Mouth bar
723:Billabong
670:Water gap
665:Wash load
645:Saltation
565:Anabranch
488:Holy well
376:Tributary
37:Argentina
33:Rio Negro
1512:Category
1227:Aqueduct
1094:Baseflow
1061:Effluent
738:Cut bank
703:Avulsion
580:Bed load
560:Abrasion
83:wetlands
1404:Aquifer
1397:Related
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881:Meander
876:Log jam
838:Thalweg
743:Estuary
615:Erosion
552:erosion
464:Springs
419:Current
386:Streams
326:Channel
289:springs
285:streams
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954:Floods
896:Riffle
891:Rapids
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527:Ponor
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