Ephemeral streams - Hydraulic factors and their relation to the drainage net
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Abstract
The hydraulic factors of width, depth, velocity, and suspended sediment load of ephemeral streams near Santa Fe, N. Mex., were measured during flood flow. Later, channel slope was measured. These flood-flow data, in conjunction with an analysis of drainage-basin configuration by the methods proposed by Horton, are used to determine the generalized interrelation of stream order and hydraulic variables. The method developed for determining this interrelation allows an integration of the geographic and physiographic characteristics of a drainage basin with the channel characteristics; specifically, the interrelation of the length, number, and drainage area of streams of various sizes with their respective discharge, width, depth, velocity, slope, channel roughness, and suspended-sediment load.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Ephemeral streams - Hydraulic factors and their relation to the drainage net |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 282 |
| Chapter | A |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp282A |
| Year Published | 1956 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Publisher location | Washington D.C. |
| Description | iv, 37 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Physiographic and hydraulic studies of rivers (Professional Paper 282) |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
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