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Geomorphology

empirical laws stating that stream numbers and lengths change in geometric progression with stream order in a drainage network.

In geomorphology, Horton's laws refers to empirical laws stating that stream numbers and lengths change in geometric progression with stream order in a drainage network. This meaning comes from Horton (1945) in Geological Society of America Bulletin.[1]

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References

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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