(a)
0.01
LEO
PO
LD
&
WO
LM
LANE
BRAIDED
AN
0.001
LANE
SQ 0.25
TRANSITIONAL
= 0.0
041
SQ 0.4
4
=0
.01
25
0.0001
SQ 0.25
= 0.0
MEANDERING
0070
0.00001
1
10
100
1000
10000
100000
MEAN ANNUAL DISCHARGE (m3/s)
(b)
0.01
LEO
POL
BRAIDED
D
&W
OLM
LANE
A
N
0.001
SQ0.25
LANE
= 0.01
TRANSITIONAL
0
SQ 0.4
4
= 0.
060
0.0001
SQ0.25
=
MEANDERING
0.0017
0.00001
100
1000
10000
100000
1000000
MEAN ANNUAL DISCHARGE (ft3/s)
Figure 5.18a,b. Slope-discharge relationship for braiding or meandering in sandbed streams
(after Lane 1957) (a = English units b = SI units).
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