Constructal view of scaling laws of river basins

River basins are examples of naturally organized flow architectures whose scaling properties have been noticed long ago. Based on data of geometric characteristics, Horton [Horton, R.E., 1932. Drainage basin characteristics. EOS Trans. AGU 13, 350–361.], Hack [Hack, J.T., 1957. Studies of longitudin...

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Main Author: Reis, A. Heitor (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6514
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/6514