| Summary: | Channel networks in the glaciated mountain basins of Coastal and southern interior British Columbia (Ashnola River Basin) offer opportunities for morphometric studies relating the parameters of the flow area (A) - discharge (Q) relationship to readily available channel and basin parameters.
Steady flow conditions in rough channels are approximated by equations of the form A = a[formula omitted]Q[formula omitted] . The parameters, a[formula omitted] and b[formula omitted], vary individually with each channel and are related to channel dimensions; a[formula omitted] = .94 W[formula omitted]·⁴⁷ and b[formula omitted] = .3 W[formula omitted]·¹⁷. These results are independent of climate and under normal conditions give excellent predictions of the Q-A relations for rough channels in both regions.
The systematic variation of channel dimensions within a basin are related to drainage area:W[formula omitted] = 3.7 DA·[formula omitted] for coastal basins and W[formula omitted] = 1.3 DA[formula omitted] for Ashnola basins. The influence of climate is reflected in the constants, with areas of higher precipitation having larger constants. Drainage area can replace W[formula omitted]: a[formula omitted] = 1.74 DA[formula omitted] and b[formula omitted] = .37 DA[formula omitted]. These relations are applicable only within a climatically homogeneous region.
In rough channels the Q-A relations are considered independent of slope, a result of energy dissipation through frequent hydraulic jumps.
The hydromorphological equations developed here are valid only for rough channels where tumbling flow predominates. === Arts, Faculty of === Geography, Department of === Graduate
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