Abstract
Rivers dictate landscape evolution, exerting controls on erosional processes, setting boundary conditions for hillslope processes and governing the height limits of mountain ranges. Material eroded through hillslope processes and bedrock channel incision is eventually transported by alluvial (transport- limited) channels. The morphology of these channels is governed by a number of drivers including tectonic processes, climate, and local lithology that influence the river system over a range of timescales. This paper explores these drivers and presents a conceptual model that links these drivers to channel morphology and formation of riparian ecosystem in the Chilko- Chilcotin River system of British Columbia.
