Research Article

Morphometry Governs the Dynamics of a Drainage Basin: Analysis and Implications

Table 3

Detailed result of hierarchical cluster analysis for four morphometric properties of Supin River basin (drainage network, basin geometry, drainage texture analysis, and relief characteristics).

Drainage network
Cluster IDNumber of stream ( )Total stream length (Km)Mean stream length ratio ( )Bifurcation ratio ( )Rhocoefficient ( )

C132.3354.252.982.941.07
C224.0039.032.803.270.90
C367.00105.142.912.701.08
C412.5019.802.592.001.27
C528.5048.774.493.351.36

Basin geometry
Cluster IDForm ratio ( )Shape factorElongation ratio ( )Texture ratio ( )Circularity ratio ( )Drainage texture ( )Compactness Coefficient ( )

C10.353.120.660.990.471.281.47
C20.571.790.850.610.470.791.47
C30.561.870.841.360.421.831.57
C40.0715.990.300.990.371.281.69
C50.179.170.440.480.360.651.69

Drainage texture
Cluster IDStream frequency ( )Drainage density ( )Constant of channel maintenance ( )drainage intensity ( )Infiltration number ( )Length of overland flow ( )

C12.232.160.461.034.820.23
C21.892.150.470.884.100.23
C32.412.530.400.956.110.20
C42.812.980.340.948.380.17
C52.382.890.350.836.860.17

Relief characteristics
Cluster IDRelief ratio ( )Dissection index ( )Gradient ratio ( )Ruggedness number ( )

C10.260.470.244.95
C20.350.430.423.53
C30.290.300.413.51
C40.100.320.114.52
C50.290.440.175.61