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A dryland river transformed--the Little Colorado, 1936-2010

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3099/

We mapped substantial migration of the river channel between the City of Winslow and the Navajo Nation community of Leupp; in a human lifetime the river has moved more than a mile across its valley floor.

by Block, Debra and Redsteer, Margaret Hiza
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3099
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Aerial photography, Erosion, Floods, Geomorphology, Land surface characteristics, Multispectral imaging, River systems, Sediment transport, Bends (river)
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