Abstract
Some hydraulic characteristics of stream channels - depth, width, velocity, and suspended load - are measured quantitatively and vary with discharge as simple power functions at a given river cross section. Similar variations in relation to discharge exist among the cross sections along the length of a river under the condition that discharge at all points is equal in frequency of occurrence. The functions derived for a given cross section and among various cross sections along the river differ only in numerical values of coefficients and exponents.
Keywords
Cross section (physics)Section (typography)GeometryStream powerWater dischargeHydrology (agriculture)Power functionGeologyMathematicsGeotechnical engineeringGeomorphologyPhysicsMathematical analysisSediment
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Luna B. Leopold,
Thomas Maddock
(1953).
The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications.
USGS professional paper
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https://doi.org/10.3133/pp252
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