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bifurcation of stream

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  • Stream — For other uses, see Stream (disambiguation). Rivulet redirects here. For the moth, see Rivulet (moth). Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria, Australia. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on i …   Wikipedia

  • bifurcation ratio —   in a drainage basin, the relationship between the streams of one order of magnitude and those of the next highest order, obtained by dividing the number of lower order streams with the number of the higher order. The lower the number the… …   Geography glossary

  • bifurcation ratio —    The ratio of the number of stream segments of a given order to the number of segments of next higher order [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • River bifurcation — (from Latin furca , fork) is the separation of a stream into two parts. The creation of distributaries are the consequences of bifurcation. Bifurcation ratioOne quantitative measure of a drainage basin is the bifurcation ratio. Robert E. Horton… …   Wikipedia

  • braided stream —    A channel or stream with multiple channels that interweave as a result of repeated bifurcation and convergence of flow around inter channel bars, resembling (in plan view) the strands of a complex braid. Braiding is generally confined to broad …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

  • Meander — For other uses, see Meander (disambiguation). A hypothetical stream bed following a tilted valley. The maximum gradient is along the down valley axis represented by a hypothetical straight channel. Meanders develop, which lengthen the course of… …   Wikipedia

  • Drainage basin — Example of a drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the hydrographic basin A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit… …   Wikipedia

  • Channel types — A wide variety of river and stream channel types exist in limnology. All these can be divided into two groups by using the water flow gradient as either low gradient channels for streams or rivers with less than two percent (2%) flow gradient, or …   Wikipedia

  • Distributary — A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. They are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributary is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Cut bank — For other uses, see Cut Bank (disambiguation). Cut bank erosion and point bar deposition as seen on the Powder River in Montana. A cut bank, also known as a river cliff, is an erosional feature of streams. Cut banks are found in abundance along… …   Wikipedia

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