CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, CLIMATIC CHANGE, RUNOFF, AND SUSPENDED SEDIMENT REGIMES IN NORTHERN CANADA

Streamflow and sediment concentrations in northern rivers are highly variable from year to year, but the paucity of data renders it difficult to establish the norms of contemporary water and sediment discharges. With regard to suspended sediment yield, nival, proglacial, and prolacustrine regimes are recognized, depending on the sources of water and the sources and sinks of sediments in the streams. The availability of water and sediments is …