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drainage density: a standalone construct

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drainagedensity1 CONSTRUCTDrainage densityHORTON · FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY

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Fluvial geomorphology

the total length of stream channels per unit area of a drainage basin.

In fluvial geomorphology, drainage density refers to the total length of stream channels per unit area of a drainage basin. This meaning comes from Horton (1945) in Geological Society of America Bulletin.[1]

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References

  1. Horton, R. E. (1945). Erosional Development of Streams and Their Drainage Basins; Hydrophysical Approach to Quantitative Morphology. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 56(3), 275. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1945)56[275:edosat]2.0.co;2

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