Fluvial Geomorphology

  1. Drainage Basin System
    1. Basin Components
      1. Drainage Divide
        1. Watershed Boundaries
          1. Interfluves
            1. Divide Migration
            2. Channel Network
              1. Main Channel
                1. Tributaries
                  1. Confluences
                    1. Channel Heads
                    2. Hillslopes
                      1. Slope Gradients
                        1. Slope Processes
                          1. Slope-Channel Coupling
                        2. Basin Characteristics
                          1. Basin Geometry
                            1. Basin Area
                              1. Basin Shape
                                1. Elongation Ratio
                                  1. Circularity Ratio
                                  2. Drainage Density
                                    1. Definition and Calculation
                                      1. Controlling Factors
                                        1. Spatial Variations
                                        2. Stream Ordering
                                          1. Strahler Method
                                            1. Shreve Method
                                              1. Horton Method
                                                1. Applications and Limitations
                                                2. Channel Network Properties
                                                  1. Bifurcation Ratio
                                                    1. Length Ratio
                                                      1. Area Ratio
                                                    2. Water Balance
                                                      1. Precipitation Inputs
                                                        1. Evapotranspiration Losses
                                                          1. Surface Runoff
                                                            1. Subsurface Flow
                                                              1. Groundwater Interactions
                                                                1. Storage Components

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