A PhD thesis titled The effect of the Hilla River meandering on slopes stability of banks, and the safety of constructions along the river in Babylon governorate / middle of Iraq , and the possible treatments). was defended at College of Science, Department of Geology, for the PhD Candidate  Wael Noori Marzah

Objective of the thesis is represent the relationship between meandering and slopes stability of the river banks from the geotechnical point of view, to know the cause of the failure , and to determine the stable banks along the river. Also, future expectations for a stable riverbank could be stable for a limited period and subsequently likely to be subject to collapse and erosion.