river continuum concept

The river continuum concept assigns different sections of a river into three rough classifications.

The river continuum concept.

Because of their criticisms of the flood pulse concept, some theorists prefer the river continuum concept.

The others include the river continuum concept (RCC) and the serial discontinuity concept.

The ecosystem of rivers is generally described by the River continuum concept, which has some additions and refinements to allow for spatial (dams, waterfalls) and temporal (extensive flooding).

The River Continuum Concept is based on the idea that a watercourse is an open ecosystem that is in constant interaction with the bank, and moving from source to mouth, constantly changing.

The River continuum concept (RCC) was an attempt to construct a single framework to describe the function of temperate lotic ecosystems from the source to the end and relate it to changes in the biotic community (Vannote et al. 1980).