Extent and Channel Morphology of Unmapped Headwater Stream Segments of the Quabbin Watershed, Massachusetts

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-168

  Brooks, Robert T ^a   Colburn, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Headwater streams; Map accuracy; Stream survey; Topographic maps

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE LENGTH; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL RESOURCES; FIELD VALIDATION; HEAD WATERS; HEADWATER STREAM; MASSACHUSETTS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY STANDARDS; STREAM NETWORKS; STREAM SEGMENTS; STREAM SURVEYS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

LANDFORMS; MAPS; MORPHOLOGY; SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HEADWATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; STATE ROLE; STREAM; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRIBUTARY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251489147     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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