A Processes Forms Watersheds Engineering （流程形式分水岭工程）.pdf

    A  Review of Stream Processes and Forms   in Dryland Watersheds      California Department of Fish and Game          Prepared by Kris Vyverberg,  Senior Engineering Geologist    Conservation Engineering       December  2010                                         One of the most startling paradoxes of the world’s drylands is   that although they are lands of little rain, the details of their   surfaces are mostly the products of the action of rivers.  To   understand the natural environments of drylands is to   understand the process and forms  of their rivers.    W.L. Graf (1988)    Cover: Oblique aerial photograph of Mission Creek, east of Palm Springs, California. Photo by D. Finnegan, September 2003 in Lichvar and Wakeley 2004. PREFACE This document was prepared to provide California Department of Fish and Game (Department) staff a science based technical reference on dryland stream forms and processes. The author of this document, Kris Vyverberg, Senior Engineering Geologist with the Department’s Conservation Engineering Program, benefited from editorial and technical review provided by the following Department staff: Cathie Vouchilas, Senior Environmental Scientist, Habitat Conservation Planning Branch; Mark Smelser, Engineering Geologist, Northern Region; Jeff Brandt, Senior Environmental Scientist, lnland Deserts Region; Heather Pert, Environmental Scientist, Inland Deserts Region; Deborah Hillyard, Plant Ecologist, Central Region. This document was also independently reviewed by: Thomas Spittler, Senior Engineering Geologist, California Geological Survey; Jeremy Lancaster, Engineering Geologist, California Geological Survey; Dr. Roland Br