A riffle is a shallow landform in a flowing channel.[1] Colloquially, it is a shallow place in a river where water flows quickly past rocks.[2] However, in geology a riffle has specific characteristics.
- ^ Leopold, Luna; Wolman, M. Gordon (1957). River channel patterns: Braided, meandering, and straight (Report). Professional Paper 282-B. United States Geological Survey. p. 50.
- ^ "LakeSuperiorStreams - Riffles, runs and pools". www.lakesuperiorstreams.org. Retrieved 2022-02-22.