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Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins, hydrophysical approach to quantitative morphology
Robert Elmer Horton
Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins, hydrophysical approach to quantitative morphology
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (March 1945) 56 (3): 275-370
Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins, hydrophysical approach to quantitative morphology
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (March 1945) 56 (3): 275-370
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Abstract
The composition of the stream system of a drainage basin can be expressed quantitatively in terms of stream order, drainage density, bifurcation ratio, and stream-length ratio.
ISSN: 1050-9747
Coden: BUGMAF
Serial Title: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
Serial Volume: 56
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Erosional development of streams and their drainage basins, hydrophysical approach to quantitative morphology
Author(s): Horton, Robert Elmer
Pages: 275-370
Published: 194503
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of America (GSA),
Boulder, CO,
United States
Accession Number: 1949-007792
Categories: Geomorphology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus.
Source Note: abs., p. 1996-1997, Dec. 1, 1940.
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2019, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Update Code: 1949
