Table 6. Values of Exponents for Hydraulic Geometry Power Relations 



Undisturbed Disturbed 

 areas areas 



R i ver b f m b f m 



Kuparuk River 0.45 0.28 0.29 0.48 0.28 0.24 



Sagavanirktok River 0.25 0.40 0.55 0.32 0.42 0.26 



Shaviovik River 0.40 0.55 0.27 0.52 0.29 0.19 



Middle Fork Koyukuk R i ver-Upstream 0.29 0.44 0.27 0.44 0.55 0.25 



Middle Fork Koyukuk River-Downstream 0.54 0.28 0.18 0.57 0.29 0.54 

 Average values, midwestern 



United States'^ 0.26 0.40 0.54 



Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania 0.04 0.41 0.55 

 Ephemeral streams in semiarid 



United States^ 0.29 0.56 0.54 

 Average of 158 gaging stations 



in United States'^ 0.12 0.45 0.45 



10 gaging stations on Rhine River 0.13 0.41 0.45 

 Average of 17 stations in 



Southcentral Alaska^ 0.19 0.59 0.42 

 Average of 50 stations in Upper 



Salmon River area, Idaho 0.14 0.40 0.46 



' W = a qJ 

 D = c Q 

 V= k Q^ 



Compiled by Leopold, et al. > 1 964 ) 



'^Emmett (1972) 



'^Emmett (1975) 



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