Effect of Stream-Ordering Technique on Horton's Laws of Drainage Composition

Research Article| August 01, 1964 EFFECT OF STREAM-ORDERING TECHNIQUE ON HORTON'S LAWS OF DRAINAGE COMPOSITION KENNETH L BOWDEN; KENNETH L BOWDEN PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT STATION, FOREST SERVICE, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BERKELEY, CALIF. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar JAMES R WALLIS JAMES R WALLIS PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FOREST AND RANGE EXPERIMENT STATION, FOREST SERVICE, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BERKELEY, CALIF. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1964) 75 (8): 767–774. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1964)75[767:EOSTOH]2.0.CO;2 Article history received: 23 Sep 1963 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation KENNETH L BOWDEN, JAMES R WALLIS; EFFECT OF STREAM-ORDERING TECHNIQUE ON HORTON'S LAWS OF DRAINAGE COMPOSITION. GSA Bulletin 1964;; 75 (8): 767–774. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1964)75[767:EOSTOH]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 Many geomorphologists and hydrologists have overlooked the effect of modified stream-ordering techniques upon Horton's laws of drainage composition.The definition of stream order used (i.e. Strahler's segment order or Horton's order) has little effect upon the law of stream numbers, but this law is affected by the use of contour inflections and map characteristics. The laws of average stream lengths and average stream slopes and their respective ratios are frequently invalid with segment data, but results are comparable to Horton's if Broscoe's use of cumulative mean segment values is adopted.Data from 60 California watersheds confirmed Broscoe's tentative procedures. Our data conformed to the law of average lengths based upon L′ without any deviations. Forty watersheds formed the desired exponential function for the law of average stream slopes based upon H′/L′, while the remaining 20 formed curvilinear plots.Authors should specify their ordering techniques to avoid ambiguous results which could lead to erroneous implications. 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.