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Floodplain Hydrology

Floodplain Hydrology is the academic discipline within hydrological science that specifically examines the movement, distribution, and properties of water within floodplain environments, distinguishing it from broader watershed or river hydrology by its focused analysis of overbank flow processes, surface-water/groundwater interactions, and flood-induced sediment and nutrient dynamics in lowland alluvial systems.

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5.6K

The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems

Wolfgang J. Junk · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1989 · 4.3K citations

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Fragmentation and Flow Regulation of the World's Large River Systems

Christer Nilsson, Catherine Ann Reidy, Mats Dynesius et al. · Science · 2005 · 3.5K citations

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Riverine flood plains: present state and future trends

Klement Tockner, Jack A. Stanford · Environmental Conservation · 2002 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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the flood pulse concept in river-floodplain ecosystems

W. J. Junk · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1989 · 1.8K citations

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Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Geographical Review · 1921 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

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  1. PB
    Paul Bates

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    69 publications · 10K citations

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  2. YL
    Yunliang Li

    Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, China

    26 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. JM
    John M. Mélack

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    24 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. KT
    Klement Tockner

    Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany

    29 publications · 5.6K citations

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  5. JY
    Jing Yao

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

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Institutions

3.2K

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    58 h-index

    184 publications

    23.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    54 h-index

    442 publications

    27.5K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    54 h-index

    394 publications

    27.2K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    52 h-index

    511 publications

    24.8K citations

  5. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    40 h-index

    206 publications

    15.9K citations

  6. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    37 h-index

    129 publications

    7.3K citations

  7. Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology

    Nanjing, China

    36 h-index

    178 publications

    10.3K citations

  8. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    35 h-index

    96 publications

    5.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Hydrology

    420 publications · 36.3K citations

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  2. Water Resources Research

    171 publications · 17.5K citations

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  3. Geomorphology

    200 publications · 15K citations

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  4. Hydrological Processes

    156 publications · 12.2K citations

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  5. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    121 publications · 8.4K citations

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