CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 1 



STUDY AREA 2 



SELECTION OF THE SAMPLE TRANSECTS 3 



LOCATING SAMPLE POINTS IN THE FIELD 4 



CHARACTERISTICS MEASURED 4 



WIDTH 5 



DEPTH 5 



POOLS AND RIFFLES 5 



BOTTOM COMPOSITION 6 



BANK STABILITY 7 



STREAMSIDE VEGETATION 7 



CHANNEL GRADIENT 7 



S7REAM LENGTH 7 



PRECISION OF RESULTS 8 



DISCUSSION . . 12 



