River channel patterns: Braided, meandering, and straight

1957/01/01 by Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon Wolman · 4 citations
Environmental Science · Engineering · Mathematics · #Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes #Hydraulic flow and structures #Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies #Meander (mathematics) #Channel (broadcasting) #Point bar #Geology #Inflection point #Bar (unit) #Geometry #Wavelength #Sinuosity #Sorting #Hydrology (agriculture) #Front (military) #Geomorphology #Fluvial #Physics #Geotechnical engineering #Optics #Mathematics

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Abstract

The continuum of channels of differerit patterns.. .

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