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Main Title The hydraulic geometry of stream channels and some physiographic implications /
Author Leopold, Luna B. ; Leopold, Luna Bergere
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Author Title of a Work
Maddock, Thomas,
Publisher U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Year Published 1953
OCLC Number 03764443
Subjects Hydrodynamics ; Stream measurements ; Rivers ; Sedimentation and deposition ; Stream measurements--Mathematical models ; Channels (Hydraulic engineering)--Mathematical models
Additional Subjects Hydrodynamics ; Stream measurements ; Rivers ; Sedimentation and deposition
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/AK_Heritage/USGS/ProfPaper/2/ProfPaper-252.pdf
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ELBM  QE75.P9 1953 no.252 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 06/05/2019
EMAM  USGS PP252 Region 6 Library/Dallas,TX 02/10/2020
Collation vi, 57 pages : illustrations, diagrams, tables ; 29 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (page 53) and index.
Contents Notes
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."