VARIATION OF DRAINAGE DENSITY IN A SMALL BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERSHED1 |
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Authors: | Michael C. Roberts O. W. Archibold |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT: Short-term fluctuations in stream length were monitored in a small watershed located 10 kilometers east of Vancouver, British Columbia. Variation in discharge was reflected in a log-normal relationship with expansion and contraction of the stream net. The analysis of the variation of drainage density data using the individual hydrograph revealed a hysteresis effect. The stream net (as measured by drainage density) expanded more rapidly on the rising limb than it contracted on the recessional limb. |
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Keywords: | drainage net hydrograph hysteresis effect |
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