Processes - Physical

Illustration of accumulation process

Illustration of altered hydrology

Illustration of bank erosion process

Illustration of bottom roughness

Illustration of burial

Illustration of high turbidity concentration

Illustration of intermittent turbidity concentration

Illustration of low turbidity concentration

Illustration of mercury deposition

Illustration of mercury deposition

Illustration of nitrate deposition

Illustration of nitrate deposition

Illustration of deposition/scouring process

Illustration of sediment deposition

Illustration of sediment deposition

Illustration of sulfate deposition

Illustration of sulfate deposition

Illustration of depth mean flow

Illustration of desiccation process

Illustration of desorption process

Illustration of diffusion

Illustration of diffusive sublayer thickness

Illustration of directional arrow

Illustration of directional arrow

Illustration of directional arrow

Illustration of erosion

Illustration of freshwater exchange

Illustration of gas exchange

Illustration of humic stained water exchange

Illustration of iron stained water exchange

Illustration of nutrient exchange

Illustration of saltwater exchange

Illustration of saltwater limited exchange

Illustration of sediment exchange

Illustration of sediment and nutrient exchange

Illustration of flushing

Illustration of freshwater flux

Illustration of gas flux

Illustration of humic stained water flux

Illustration of iron stained water flux

Illustration of nutrient flux

Illustration of saltwater flux

Illustration of sediment flux

Illustration of sediment and nutrient flux

Illustration of integral length scale

Illustration of Kolmogorov microscales

Illustration of light availability, which decreases with increasing water depth

Illustration of full sunlight

Illustration of no light absorption

Illustration of organic light absorption

Illustration of deep light absorption in water

Illustration of shallow light absorption in water

Illustration of diffusion limitation

Illustration of hydrodynamic limitation

Illustration of light limitation

Illustration of mean flow speed

Illustration of mixing

Illustration of mixing time

Illustration of precipitation

Illustration of reaction time

Illustration of long residence time

Illustration of short residence time

Illustration of Reynolds number

Illustration of RMS (root mean square) turbulence intensity

Illustration of salinity gradient

Illustration of sediment particles

Illustration of sediment movement

Illustration of sediment resuspension

Illustration of sediment resuspension

Illustration of sediment suspension

Illustration of shear velocity

Illustration of sorption

Illustration of high temperature

Illustration of low temperature

Illustration of moderate temperature

Illustration of temperature variation

Illustration of very high temperature

Illustration of tidal forces

Illustration of astronomical tide

Illustration of meteorological tide

Illustration of dissolved organic carbon transport

Illustration of freshwater transport

Illustration of gas transport

Illustration of humic stained water transport

Illustration of iron stained water transport

Illustration of nutrient transport

Illustration of particulate organic matter transport

Illustration of saltwater transport

Illustration of sediment and nutrient transport

Illustration of sediment transport

Illustration of turbulent eddy

Illustration of turbulent energy dissipation rate

Illustration of upwelling

Illustration of wake turbulence