The shape of watersheds

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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Autores principales: Timothée Sassolas-Serrayet, Rodolphe Cattin, Matthieu Ferry
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:59328e9b540647faa40860b83f09bb4b2021-12-02T14:41:27ZThe shape of watersheds10.1038/s41467-018-06210-42041-1723https://doaj.org/article/59328e9b540647faa40860b83f09bb4b2018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06210-4https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723River 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.Timothée Sassolas-SerrayetRodolphe CattinMatthieu FerryNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
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Timothée Sassolas-Serrayet
Rodolphe Cattin
Matthieu Ferry
The shape of watersheds
description 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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