Geography Journal / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Morphometry Governs the Dynamics of a Drainage Basin: Analysis and Implications Table 1 Morphometric parameters calculated for Supin River basin from four aspects—drainage network, basin geometry, drainage texture, and relief characteristics.
Sl. No Morphometric parameters Formulae Reference Result (range) Drainage network 1 Stream order (
) Hierarchical rank [4 ] 1 to 6 2 Stream number (
)
[3 ] 878 3 Stream length (
) km
[6 ] 1,439.20 4 Stream length Ratio (
)
[6 ] 1.05–2.06 5 Mean stream length ratio (
)
[3 ] 3.18 6 Mean bifurcation ratio (
)
[6 ] 1.33–5.33 7 Main channel length (
) km 54.52 8 Minimum aerial distance (
) km 43.76 9 Channel index (
)
[49 ] 1.25 10 Rho coefficient (
)
[3 ] 0.62–2.10 Basin Geometry 11 Basin length (
) km [7 ] 44.14 12 Basin area (
) km2 [7 ] 565.41 13 Basin perimeter (
) km [7 ] 190.47 14 Form ratio (
)
[2 ] 0.04–0.73 15 Elongation ratio (
)
[7 ] 0.22–0.97 16 Texture ratio (
)
[7 ] 0.27–1.88 17 Circularity ratio (
)
[49 ] 0.30–0.56 18 Drainage texture (
)
[3 ] 0.44–2.55 19 Compactness coefficient (
)
[50 ] 1.34–1.84 20 Fitness ratio (
)
[51 ] 1.92 21 Wandering ratio (
)
[52 ] 6.01 22 Watershed eccentricity (
)
[53 ] 0.88 Drainage texture analysis 23 Stream frequency (
)
[2 ] 1.53–2.90 24 Drainage density (
) km /kms2
[2 ] 1.92–3.06 25 Constant of channel maintenance (
) (kms2 /km)
[7 ] 0.33–0.52 26 Drainage intensity (
)
[54 ] 0.79–1.11 27 Infiltration number (
)
[54 ] 2.94–8.61 28 Length of overland flow (
) km
[3 ] 0.16–0.26 Relief characteristics 29 Height of basin mouth (
) m 1,543 30 Maximum height of the basin (
) m 5,839 31 Total basin relief (
) m
[4 ] 4296 32 Relief ratio (
)
[7 ] 0.07–0.44 33 Absolute relief (
) m 5839 35 Ruggedness number (
)
[6 ] 3.02–6.44 36 Dissection index (
)
[55 ] 0.27–0.61
