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The classification of a sinuosity (e.g. strong / weak) often depends on the cartographic scale of the curve (see the coastline paradox for further details) and of the object velocity which flowing therethrough (river, avalanche, car, bicycle, bobsleigh, skier, high speed train, etc.): the sinuosity of the same curved line could be considered ...
Sinuosity Index has a non-mathematical utility as well. Streams can be placed in categories arranged by it; for example, when the index is between 1 and 1.5 the river is sinuous, but if between 1.5 and 4, then meandering. The index is a measure also of stream velocity and sediment load, those quantities being maximized at an index of 1 (straight).
A sinuosity value of less than 1.1 is a “straight” river. Between these values, a river is described as sinuous which describes those in a transitory state between the two states. Braided rivers do not follow this same convention. [3] Meandering rivers trend in the direction of increasing sinuosity. [5]
Pages in category "Rivers" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. ... Shut-in (river) Sinuosity; Spring creek; Stream; Stream capture;
Hack's law is an empirical relationship between the length of streams and the area of their basins.If L is the length of the longest stream in a basin, and A is the area of the basin, then Hack's law may be written as
Meandering rivers, which form a sinuous path in a usually low-gradient plain toward the end of a fluvial system. Anastomosed river is a rare case of a relatively straight, complicated vertical sequence of river deposits with banks held together by dense vegetation.
A wide variety of river and stream channel types exist in limnology, the study of inland waters.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 high gradient channels for those with greater than a 2% gradient.
This is needed because in some depositional environments, like meandering rivers, the paleocurrent resulting from natural sinuosity has a natural variation of 180 degrees or more. [2] Below are a partial list of common paleocurrent indicators: