The shape of watersheds

River networks worldwide follow the emblematic Hack’s Law, which expresses the length of a stream as a function of its watershed area. Here the authors show this law does not depend on lithology or rainfall, but on the shape of watersheds and confirms the self-similarity of river networks.

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Auteurs principaux: Timothée Sassolas-Serrayet, Rodolphe Cattin, Matthieu Ferry
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/59328e9b540647faa40860b83f09bb4b
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