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FRACTALS AND THE RIVER-LENGTH CATCHMENT-AREA RATIO1 |
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| Authors: | Allen T Hjelmfelt |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: The fractal nature of stream-length and catchment-area measurement is investigated using eight rivers in Missouri. The fractal dimension for the length measurement was found to average 1.158 and for area to average 1.0105. These values are close to those hypothesized by Mandeibrot (1983). |
| Keywords: | fractals map scales river length catchment area |