Many factors are involved in how a river behaves and the creation of a river delta. Firstly, of course, there is the river itself. What kind of material does it transport to the delta? Does this ...

My research focuses on the relationship between dams and sediment transport—specifically, reservoir sedimentation and delta formation—and my thesis uses a combination of numerical modeling and ...

Sand waves flow behind Jack Stauss, repeatedly rolling and breaking near a debris-heavy section of the river as he discusses sediment-related phenomena in Lake Powell. “That’s the delta making itself ...

Aída Navarro joins the fight to revive the Colorado River Delta — and hope is flowing again. The Colorado River Delta was once a lush wetland. After decades of damming and diversion, it dried up — ...

“The river was nowhere and everywhere,” wrote naturalist Aldo Leopold of the Colorado river delta, the region where waters originating in the Rocky Mountains meander into the Gulf of California in ...

Global satellite observations of rivers have revealed key factors involved in avulsions, rare events in which a river abruptly abandons its established channel for another, resulting in devastating ...

YUMA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission held a citizens forum in Yuma about restoration efforts for the Colorado River Delta. Local leaders ...