Shapes of river networks

River network scaling laws describe how their shape varies with their size. However, the regional variation of this size-dependence remains poorly understood. Here we show that river network scaling laws vary systematically with the climatic aridity index. We find that arid basins do not change thei...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yi, Robert Sngho, Arredondo, Álvaro, Stansifer, Eric Marshall, Rothman, Daniel H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126787