Premium
Stochastic branching processes and the law of stream orders
Author(s) -
Scheidegger Adrian E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr002i002p00199
Subject(s) - branching (polymer chemistry) , stochastic modelling , law , mathematics , statistical physics , statistics , physics , political science , materials science , composite material
The law of stream orders can be deduced by assuming that river junctions are subject to a statistical branching process. (Key words: Drainage basin characteristics; river classification; statistics.)