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Human Interference on River Health

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River health is a new branch of geomorphology and hydrology. This chapter mainly deals with the definition of the term, past works as well as the problem related to the present work. River health may be defined as the condition of the anatomy and physiology of any river. Anatomy of any river mainly includes the physical condition of the river, whereas the physiology of any river includes the chemical and biological condition of the river. Physical condition of the river further includes the changing hydrological behaviour of the river, channel shifting and migration, river course change, flood and river bank erosion and related phenomena. On the other hand, physiological condition of the river includes the chemical and biological properties of the river water.

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Bandyopadhyay, S., De, S.K. (2017). Introduction. In: Human Interference on River Health. Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41018-0_1

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