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River Regime, Drainage Density by Sir Loverz

The document discusses natural factors that affect drainage density such as climate, surface nature, vegetation cover, and relief. Drainage density is greater in humid regions than arid regions and depends on factors such as steepness, rockiness, and humidity. The document also provides the formula for calculating drainage density and discusses how factors like climate, topography, soil, vegetation, and geology determine drainage density and how it is interpreted.

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River Regime, Drainage Density by Sir Loverz

The document discusses natural factors that affect drainage density such as climate, surface nature, vegetation cover, and relief. Drainage density is greater in humid regions than arid regions and depends on factors such as steepness, rockiness, and humidity. The document also provides the formula for calculating drainage density and discusses how factors like climate, topography, soil, vegetation, and geology determine drainage density and how it is interpreted.

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Presentation on natural factors

affecting drainage density

*Natural factors affecting


drainage density are as follows

-climate
-surface nature
-vegetation cover
-relief

Drainage density is greater in


humid regions than in arid
regions; it would approach zero
in flat, sandy desert regions and
would approach a maximum in
steep, rocky, humid regions.
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Presentation on how to calculate
drainage density
Drainage Density is the total
length of all the streams and
Rivers in a Drainage basin
divided by the total area of the
drainage basin.

*Here's some stuff you might


want to know*

*Question*: What is drainage


density formula?
*Answer*: A mathematical model
for this system, which was
developed by C. E. Jacob, can
be expressed in the equation T=
WD~2/8h0t in which T is
transmissibility, W is recharge, D
is drainage density, and h0 is the
height of the water table at the
water table divide.

*Question*: What factors


determine
drainage density?
*Answer*: These factors include
climate, topography, soil
infiltration capacity, vegetation,
and geology.

*Question*: How do you interpret


drainage density?
*Answer*: According to the
equations, a basin with high
drainage density, the contribution
of surface runoff to stream
discharge will be high, while that
from baseflow will be low.

Conversely, a stream in a low


drainage density system will
have a larger contribution from
baseflow and a smaller
contribution from overland flow.

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