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river gradient
The slope of a river’s water surface profile.
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accretion
active restoration
aggrade (aggradation)
alluvial
anabranch
anadromous
bank protection
bank stabilization
basin
BLM
BOR
bottomlands
Central Valley Project (CVP)
channel
channel migration
chute cutoff
conservation easement
degrade (degradation)
designated floodway
DFG
distributary
DPR
ecosystem
endangered species
ephemeral
extirpation
floodplain
floodway
fluvial
forb
geomorphology
habitat
hard points
hydrology
incidental take
inner river zone
lagoon
levee
levee toe
limited meander
marshlands
meander
meander scar
mitigation
natural levee
neotropical migrants
non-point source pollution
one-hundred-year floodplain
one-hundred-year meanderbelt
oxbow lake
palisades
passive restoration
phreatophyte
public access
RB
reforestation
regulated floodway
restoration
riparian
riparian corridor
riparian habitat
river gradient
RM
rock revetment
Sacramento River Conservation Area (SRCA)
Senate Bill 1086 (SB 1086)
sensitive species
seral stages
set-aside agreements
set-back levee
sinuous
SLC
slough
snag
SRNWR
State Water Project (SWP)
subreach
succession
threatened species
TNC
trenched rock
tributary
understory
Upper Sacramento River Fisheries and Riparian Management Plan
USFS
USFWS
watershed
weir
wetland
windrowed rock