evulsion

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River deltas, where avulsions are frequent, occupy just 0.5% of the world's land, but are home to 4.5% of its population.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

Jerolmack and his colleagues used a humble laboratory tool for mimicking river avulsions: a stream table, basically a large tank filled with sand and water.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

Chinese engineers are also intervening at the second avulsion point downstream, at the head of the Yellow River delta, where seven avulsions have occurred between 1855 and 1930.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

As tides push farther into deltas, they slow down rivers; less of the sediment gets into the ocean and more ends up in the delta where it causes avulsions.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021

And by smearing fresh sediment across flood plains and deltas, avulsions fertilize lands that have nurtured some of the planet's great civilizations.

From Science Magazine • May 13, 2021