The Science Behind River Downcutting The water pressure of a river can cut deep into a riverbed. Sediments from the riverbed ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Corpus Christi City Council is moving forward with a study on how to prevent and fix erosion along the banks of the Colorado River. The Mary Rhodes Pipeline pump station ...

It's anyone's guess as to when the Minnesota River will stop growing. Stretches of its eastern bend, not far from Mankato, have more than doubled in size since the 1940s. Several homes that were built ...

Researcher uncovers why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes. The Torridon sandstone in northwestern Scotland preserves six kilometers of river sediment from ...

Logging activity a century ago on a Washington river caused the bedrock to erode, creating a new terrace. The authors believe such large-scale, human-caused erosion may be widespread. Geologic time is ...

Every spring, melting snow and heavy rainfall brings a higher risk of flooding and riverbank erosion to parts of Canada. Bank erosion is responsible for a significant portion of annual flood damage in ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Erosion from the Kalamazoo River along 19th Street in northern Kalamazoo County led to the temporary closure of the scenic route. Now, the road has an uncertain future, as ...

BENTON – The Bossier Parish Police Jury on Wednesday declared “a threat to public safety and welfare” from erosion of land on Red River near Plain Dealing that threatens to close Louisiana Highway 537 ...