A team, led by Professor Louise Slater in the School of Geography and the Environment, has created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world. The new study, published in Water Resources Research, introduces GRIT—a mapping system that finally shows how rivers really flow, branch, and connect landscapes.

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Experience the unique and integrative undergraduate geography course at a university leading the way in geographical teaching and research.
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With over 200 graduate students from a range of nationalities, professional and disciplinary backgrounds we are one of the largest, most diverse and vibrant graduate schools in the world offering advanced degrees in Geography and the Environment.
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The Doctor of Philosophy in Geography and the Environment (DPhil) is an advanced research degree which provides outstanding candidates with the support and intellectual environment to complete their own original research.
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