This module examines the process regimes operating within the contemporary drainage basin. Initial consideration is given to the slope domain, where mass movement processes and channel initiation processes are important. The remainder of the course focuses upon processes operating within the channel domain. In each lecture, process theory is amplified by case study evidence, and particular attention is paid to the management implications of naturally occurring geomorphic processes. The following lecture topics will be covered during this module.

• Principles of geomorphology, activity regimes and thresholds

• Slope failure

• Streamhead processes

• Channel processes: water and sediment

• Hydraulic geometry

• River bed and bank erosion

• Channel planform and rates of change

• Channel management

• Exam issues

Throughout the module, themes introduced during the first year Earth Surface Processes module will be amplified: process landform associations, process response, equilibrium and thresholds. Particular emphasis is also paid to the connectivity between the various process systems operating within the drainage basin.