Scale dependence of hypsometric integrals: An analysis of southeast African basins

Geomorphology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 174-186

  Walcott, Rachel C ^a   Summerfield, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basin morphometry; Drainage basins; Drakensburg Escarpment; Hypsometry; KwaZulu Natal; Strahler order

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; DISPLACEMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION; ESCARPMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UPLIFT;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47049126672     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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