Dale F. Ritter
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LOCATION: Reno, NV, United States
Executive Director, Quaternary Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, University and Community College System of Nevada, Reno. Author of Process Geomorphology.
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River, (ultimately from Latin ripa, “bank”), any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks . Modern usage includes rivers that are multichanneled, intermittent, or ephemeral in flow and channels that are practically bankless. The concept of channeled surface flow, however,…
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