Platte River Channel Dynamics Study Presentation of Preliminary Findings

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Cooperative Agreement [CA]; aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program [PRRIP])‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 8/20/2001
• Author: Parsons Engineering Science, Simons & Associates, W. Carter Johnson, Mussetter Engineering, Inc. and Morrison & Associates
• Title: Platte River Channel Dynamics Study Presentation of Preliminary Findings
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

A 1 -- Is the Platte's braided planfor
R persistent? Extrinsic factors? �1
Preliminary Conclusions: No, because:
- Depending upon climatic conditions, the
braided Platte River is a transitional condition.
- Channel pattern may change from straight and
braided to increasingly sinuous, as the nature of
the sediment load or streamflow changes.
- Periodic changes in climatic conditions appear
to provide the primary driving forces needed to
o in ate changes in the river system.
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