Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina
Bankfull hydraulic geometry relationships, also called regional curves, relate bankfull stream channel dimensions and discharge to watershed drainage area. This paper describes results of bankfull curve relationships developed for the temperate rainforests of the Southern Appalachian Mountai...
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| author | MICKEY B. HENSON OLUWATOYIN D. KOLAWOLE OMOTAYO AYENI |
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| description | Bankfull hydraulic
geometry relationships, also called regional curves, relate bankfull stream
channel dimensions and discharge to watershed drainage area. This paper
describes results of bankfull curve relationships developed for the temperate
rainforests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains primarily on Western
North Carolina Mountain streams in the Southeastern United States. Gauge
stations for small and larger catchments were selected with a range of 10 to
50 years of continuous or peak discharge measurements, no major
impoundments, no significant change in land use over the past 10 years, and
impervious cover ranges of <20%. Cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys
were measured at each study reach to determine channel dimension,
pattern, and profile information. Log-Pearson Type III distributions were
used to analyze annual peak discharge data for nine small watersheds sites
gauged by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest
Service, Southern Research Station, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and for
eleven larger watersheds gauged by the United States Geological Survey
(USGS). Power function relationships were developed using regression
analyses for bankfull discharge, channel cross-sectional area, mean depth,
and width as functions of watershed drainage area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08629feb8d3846d680199cb596a4cb112022-12-22T03:08:03ZengUniversity of BucharestCinq Continents2247-22902247-22902014-08-0194515Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North CarolinaMICKEY B. HENSON0OLUWATOYIN D. KOLAWOLE1OMOTAYO AYENI2Franklin, North Carolina, United StatesOkavango Research Institute [ORI], University of Botswana, Maun, BotswanaCroydon, United Kingdom and Abuja, NigeriaBankfull hydraulic geometry relationships, also called regional curves, relate bankfull stream channel dimensions and discharge to watershed drainage area. This paper describes results of bankfull curve relationships developed for the temperate rainforests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains primarily on Western North Carolina Mountain streams in the Southeastern United States. Gauge stations for small and larger catchments were selected with a range of 10 to 50 years of continuous or peak discharge measurements, no major impoundments, no significant change in land use over the past 10 years, and impervious cover ranges of <20%. Cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys were measured at each study reach to determine channel dimension, pattern, and profile information. Log-Pearson Type III distributions were used to analyze annual peak discharge data for nine small watersheds sites gauged by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and for eleven larger watersheds gauged by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Power function relationships were developed using regression analyses for bankfull discharge, channel cross-sectional area, mean depth, and width as functions of watershed drainage area.http://cinqcontinents.geo.unibuc.ro/4/4_9_Henson.pdfAppalachian MountainsBankfullChannel MorphologyGeomorphologySoutheastern United StatesStorm Recurrence IntervalsTemperate Rainforests |
| spellingShingle | MICKEY B. HENSON OLUWATOYIN D. KOLAWOLE OMOTAYO AYENI Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina Cinq Continents Appalachian Mountains Bankfull Channel Morphology Geomorphology Southeastern United States Storm Recurrence Intervals Temperate Rainforests |
| title | Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina |
| title_full | Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina |
| title_fullStr | Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina |
| title_short | Bankfull Curves for the Temperate Rainforests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina |
| title_sort | bankfull curves for the temperate rainforests in the southern appalachian mountains of western north carolina |
| topic | Appalachian Mountains Bankfull Channel Morphology Geomorphology Southeastern United States Storm Recurrence Intervals Temperate Rainforests |
| url | http://cinqcontinents.geo.unibuc.ro/4/4_9_Henson.pdf |
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