مفهوم الاستطالة و الاستدارة، و طرائق ترتيب المجاري المائية : دراسة مورفومترية

Abstract EN

Similar forms of hydrological drainage basins (SHDB) are calculated using several mathematical equations.

The most important and famous ones are the Elongation ratio and Circulation ratio equations.

These equations are not used only to categorize the water drainage basins system according to their geomorphological likeness from being rectangle or circle, but also they are very helpful means for quantification and providing geomorphological information about the basins when it comes to provide geomorphological analysis and explanations for these basins.

However, this research shows that both equations are not capable of answering all the questions about SHDB when results are cross validated by the in-situ observations.

It appeared that, when performing the Elongation ratio equation on chosen hydrological drainage basins, it is useless and does not match the reality in the field as it doesn’t classify the drainage basins according to it likeness of being rectangle or circle.

As for Circulation ration equation, the results were generally closer to the geomorphological reality in the field; however, it did not help in ordering the drainage basins to their circular morphological similarity.

Therefore, two alternative equations were introduced to overcome these problems.

The results yield better accuracy in classifying the drainage basin