ARE RIVER BASINS OPTIMAL CHANNEL NETWORKS

被引:36
作者
IJJASZVASQUEZ, EJ
BRAS, RL
RODRIGUEZ-ITURBE, I
RIGON, R
RINALDO, A
机构
[1] Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
[2] Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados, PO Box 17606, Parque Central, Caracas
[3] Istituto di Idraulica 'G. Poleni', Universita di Padova, I-35131 Padova
关键词
GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER NETWORKS; OPTIMAL NETWORKS; LANDSCAPE SIMULATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MAPS; UNSTABLE LANDSCAPES;
D O I
10.1016/0309-1708(93)90030-J
中图分类号
TV21 [水资源调查与水利规划];
学科分类号
081501 ;
摘要
Drainage networks generated with a simulation model based on the scaling relationship between slopes and areas were found to have total energy expenditure values very near the minimum value of optimal channel networks. Using this model to grow networks inside the boundaries of real basins, it is shown that the drainage networks identified with the aid of digital elevation maps in such basins tend to organize themselves in configurations that minimize total energy expenditure. The role of perturbations in the search for configurations with lower energy and the existence of unstable equilibrium landscapes are also examined.
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页码:69 / 79
页数:11
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