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A Classification Channel Links in Stream Networks
Author(s) -
Mock Steven J.
Publication year - 1971
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/wr007i006p01558
Subject(s) - tributary , channel (broadcasting) , link (geometry) , population , type (biology) , series (stratigraphy) , mathematics , topology (electrical circuits) , computer science , geography , geology , telecommunications , combinatorics , cartography , demography , paleontology , sociology
Differences in the length properties and occurrence frequencies among types of channel links occur in natural stream networks. We define six types of channel links: (1) S (source) links, (2) TS (tributary source) links, (3) B (bifurcating) links, (4) TB (tributary bifurcating) links, (5) CT (cis‐trans) links, and (6) T (tributary) links. The topologically random model of channel networks provides the basis for a series of equations defining the probability of occurrence of each link type in a topologically random population of networks of any specified magnitude. Examination of interior link lengths from 12 stream networks supports the hypothesis that the interior link types defined here differ in their length properties.