Lesson 32: Drainage Network Properties

Learning Objectives

• Define drainage density
• Compare theoretical and empirical relationships between main channel length and drainage area
• Estimate the river network width function using topologic or actual stream length
• Describe the relationship between the width function and a basin's hydrologic response (instantaneous unit hydrograph)

Handouts (bring to class)

• Drainage Network Properties

Reading Assignment

• None

Homework Problems

• None