Channel Assessment Procedure Field Guidebook

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Appendix 2.

Diagnostic channel keys


Morphology:
Disturbance level:
Code:
Step-pool
Moderately degraded
SPb: D2
SPb
D2




Relevant field indicators: S5, C2, C5
Generally:
Boulder lines almost completely destroyed—boulders scattered with no apparent pattern over channel bed.
Step-pool structure absent.
Streamflow lines predominantly around individual boulders rather than over boulder steps.
Remaining boulders have only minor covering of moss (if any).
Minimal bank erosion due to bedrock.

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