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The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications / by Luna B. Leopold and Thomas Maddock, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Leopold, Luna B. (Luna Bergere), 1915-2006, author.
- Maddock, Thomas, author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 252.
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 252
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- River channels--Analysis.
- River channels.
- Hydrodynamics.
- Stream measurements.
- Rivers.
- Sedimentation and deposition.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 57 pages) : illustrations
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1953.
- Contents:
- Abstract
- General statement
- The hydraulic geometry of stream channels
- Concept of frequency of discharge
- Variation of hydraulic characteristics in a particular cross section of a river
- Variation of a hydraulic characteristics in a downstream direction
- Relation of channel shape to frequency of discharge
- The hydraulic geometry of stream channels in relation to sediment load
- Relations of suspended sediment to discharge in a particular cross section of a river
- Relations of suspended sediment to discharge in the downstream direction
- Interrelations of width, depth, velocity, and suspended load at a given discharge
- Interrelations of width, depth, velocity, and suspended load to a variable discharge
- Interrelations of width, depth, velocity, and bed load at a given discharge
- Channel-shape adjustment during individual floods
- The role of channel roughness and slope in the adjustment of channel shape to sediment load
- Some physiographic implications
- The stable irrigation canal
- an analogy to a graded river
- Sediment and longitudinal profile
- Summary and interpretation
- References
- Appendix
- Index.
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (USGS viewed Oct. 17, 2017).
- "Quantitative measurement of some of the hydraulic factors that help to determine the shape of natural stream channels: depth, width, velocity, and suspended load, and how they vary with discharge as simple power functions. Their interrelations are described by the term "hydraulic geometry"."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 53) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2016.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Leopold, Luna B. (Luna Bergere), 1915-2006. Hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications.
- OCLC:
- 965753545
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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