The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications
Professional Paper
252
By: Luna Bergere Leopold and Thomas Maddock Jr.
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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.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 252 |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp252 |
| Year Published | 1953 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Description | vi, 57 p. |
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