Relations between Planimetric and Hypsometric Variables in Third- and Fourth-Order Drainage Basins

Research Article| January 01, 1975 Relations between Planimetric and Hypsometric Variables in Third- and Fourth-Order Drainage Basins DAVID N. WILCOCK DAVID N. WILCOCK 1School of Biological and Environmental Studies, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information DAVID N. WILCOCK 1School of Biological and Environmental Studies, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1975) 86 (1): 47–50. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1975)86<47:RBPAHV>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation DAVID N. WILCOCK; Relations between Planimetric and Hypsometric Variables in Third- and Fourth-Order Drainage Basins. GSA Bulletin 1975;; 86 (1): 47–50. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1975)86<47:RBPAHV>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Analyses of relief distribution and drainage distribution within individual drainage basins suggest that relative density (F/D2), a dimensionless variable describing a planimetric characteristic of stream organization in a basin, is related to the hypsometric integral (HI), a dimensionless variable describing the distribution of relief within a basin.The nature of this relation seems to be important in explaining much of the scatter in the graphical relations between F (stream frequency) and D (drainage density).It is suggested that, within any sample of drainage basins, the distribution of individual basin HI values about the sample mean HI value might influence the value of k in the relation F = jDk. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.