The relief's self-organization: structure, functions, organization and control in geomorphological fluvial systems

Abstract

A definition of self-organization of a composite geomorphological system in given in relationship to the system's functioning, self-regulation, dynamic equilibrium. A significance of positive and negative feedback is shown for the process of the relief self-regulation; structural mechanisms of fluvial systems self-organization and factor relativity of topography are described. Possibilities are outlined of the geomorphic processes control by indirect influence on the self-regulation «mechanism».