River Regime

River regime can described as one of two characteristics of a reach of an alluvial river: (1) The variability in its discharge throughout the course of a year in response to precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration, and drainage basin characteristics and (2) a series of characteristic power-law relationships between discharge and width, depth, and slope.

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Regime

River Regime

River regime can described as one of two characteristics of a reach of an alluvial river: (1) The variability in its discharge throughout the course of a year in response to precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration, and drainage basin characteristics and (2) a series of characteristic power-law relationships between discharge and width, depth, and slope.

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