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Channel width—drainage area relations in small basins
Author(s) -
Carragher M. J.,
Klein M.,
Petch J. R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290080209
Subject(s) - geology , channel (broadcasting) , drainage basin , storm , hydrology (agriculture) , geomorphology , flow (mathematics) , structural basin , drainage network , drainage , geotechnical engineering , geometry , geography , oceanography , engineering , cartography , telecommunications , mathematics , biology , ecology
The measurement of stream channels in basins less than 3 km 2 shows compound relations between width and area. Break points in the relations may be attributed to the changing contribution of rapid storm flow and to the effect of bed material size.