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Hydrology

a drainage network that minimizes total energy dissipation and reproduces the fractal scaling of real river networks.

In hydrology, optimal channel network refers to a drainage network that minimizes total energy dissipation and reproduces the fractal scaling of real river networks. This meaning comes from Rinaldo (1992) in Water Resources Research.[1]

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References

Rinaldo, A., Rodriguez‐Iturbe, I., Rigon, R., Bras, R. L., Ijjasz‐Vasquez, E., & Marani, A. (1992). Minimum energy and fractal structures of drainage networks. Water Resources Research, 28(9), 2183-2195. https://doi.org/10.1029/92wr00801

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