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Drainage density

Drainage density is a quantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin. First described by Robert E. Horton, drainage density is defined as the total length of channel in a drainage basin divided by the total area, represented by the equation

Relation to water balance, Elementary components of drainage basins & Overview

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Relation to water balance

ReservoirPrecipitationGroundwaterGroundwater dischargeWells
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Elementary components of drainage basins

Arthur StrahlerStream ordering systemEvapotranspirationAngle of reposeMass wasting
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Overview

Drainage basinRobert E. HortonCatchmentClimateImpermeable
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Effect of vegetation on drainage density

Channel initiationErosionHydraulic conductivitySiltForest fires
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Inverse of drainage density as a physical quantity

Elementary components of drainage basins

Relation to water balance

Relation to hydrographs

Formula for drainage density

Effect of vegetation on drainage density

The Caineville Badlands

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Drainage density

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples54
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Drainage density

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related to Elementary components of drainage basins · 11
Drainage density → According, Arthur Strahler's, Bras, Channel, Channels, Labeling, Precipitation, Source, Strahler's, The, They
related to Relation to hydrographs · 8
Drainage density → According, As, Conversely, Horton's, On, The, This, Water
related to Effect of vegetation on drainage density · 7
Drainage density → Because, By, Hillslope, Plants, The, Vegetation, While
related to The Caineville Badlands · 5
Drainage density → Because, Caineville, The, There, Utah
related to Montgomery and Dietrich (1989) · 4
Drainage density → California, Dietrich, Montgomery, Tennessee Valley
related to Effect of climate change on drainage density · 3
Drainage density → Drainage, Langbein, Schumm
related to Relation to the mean annual flood · 3
Drainage density → Carlston, Charles Carlston, Q2
is a · 2
Drainage density → function of vertical hydraulic conductivity, quantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin
related to Inverse of drainage density as a physical quantity · 2
Drainage density → Drainage, Horton
related to Relation to water balance · 2
Drainage density → Drainage, ET-

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drainage density basin channel vegetation channels equation water precipitation hillslope infiltration baseflow erosion flow source average area hydrograph streams system

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Drainage densityis aquantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin0.90text
Drainage densityis afunction of vertical hydraulic conductivity0.90text
small erosive events do no develop into channelsinstance ofand small perturbations0.80text
sheet flow or channel flow tend to inciseinstance ofbut rather fluvial erosive processes0.80text
erode to form a singular channelinstance ofbut rather fluvial erosive processes0.80text
rain splashinstance ofwhich results in physical erosion processes0.80text
dry ravelinstance ofwhich results in physical erosion processes0.80text
or freezinginstance ofwhich results in physical erosion processes0.80text
thawing processesinstance ofwhich results in physical erosion processes0.80text
Drainage densityrelated to Effect of climate change on drainage densityDrainage0.60section
Drainage densityrelated to Effect of climate change on drainage densityLangbein0.60section
Drainage densityrelated to Effect of climate change on drainage densitySchumm0.60section

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