Abstract: In this research, we explore the alluviation process of an artificial side-channel built in August 2015 and designed to alleviate bank erosion risks on the main river. The study area is located on the lower Gállego River, a meandering-wandering gravel-bed river draining the Southern Pyrenees. This river reach is still dynamic (i.e. chutes, meander migration and other riverine processes are often observed during floods) despite the presence of three dams in the upper catchment, encroachments and extensive mining during the 1960s–80s that led ...
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Geomorphology