River adjustment to altered hydrologic regimen - Murrumbidgee River and paleochannels, Australia

teristics of the prior-, ancestral-, and modern-river channels are described :and compared, and, finally, an attempt to establish the nature of the climate changes and to describe the mechanics of the river adjustment to these changes is made.At least hal£ of t:he report consists of descriptions of the Murrumbidgee River and its associated paleochannels; the climate, vegetation, and geology of the drninage basin and the Riverine Plain; and a review of the previous work of Australian scientists.This material, although necessary for a complete understanding of the problems can be avoided by the reader who may choose to move directly to the section entitled "Comparaltive Morphology and Hydrology of the Riverine Plain Channel's."