Virtual River by Geology Labs online (US) includes interactive exercises on river processes (river discharge, river flooding, glossary). Some of the interactive animations are really very good and this is the place to go to sort out the difference between velocity and discharge! http://vcourseware3.calstatela.edu/VirtualRiver

DEFRA is a government department which deals with aspects of flooding and flood defence strategies. http://www.defra.gov.uk/

National Water Flow Archive Essential for those choosing a river or stream study for their field project. Annual tables of daily flow data for over 200 gauging stations in the UK, usually daily for the last four years (downloadable). River name, station name or click on the map.

About Rivers and Dams The International Rivers Network is a group campaigning against very large dam schemes. The site provides details of dams, river planning strategies and the environmental impacts of dam schemes. http://www.irn.org/basics/ard/index.html

Meanders simplified. http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/landforms/meanders.asp

The River Medway featured in news bulletins during the autumn 2000 floods. Some background information can be found at this site. http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~srmulti/medway/index.html

Flood risk The Environment Agency, responsible for flood warnings, believes planners are ignoring flood risks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2207924.stm

Water resources of the USA - USGS site - links to streamflow data. http://water.usgs.gov

The North East

Northumbrian Rivers Project Work includes environmental, habitat improvements, fencing, riverbank protection, tree planting, watering points, wetland creation, regeneration clearance, instream work and bankside vegetation management. Includes Rivers Tyne, Coquet and Aln and involves local farmers. http://www.northumbrianrivers.co.uk/

Keilder Water, Northumberland, is Europe's largest artificial lake. It is set within Keilder Forest in the Border country on the River North Tyne. http://www.kielder.org

Dundee's British Hydrochronology web site has descriptions of historic floods on the Tyne. http://www.dundee.ac.uk/geography/cbhe