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Drainage reorganization induces deviations in the scaling between valley width and drainage area
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
Liran Goren
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
Onn Crouvi
Geological Survey of Israel, Yesha'yahu Leibowitz 32, 9692100 Jerusalem, Israel
Hanan Ginat
The Dead-Sea and Arava Science Center, Tamar regional council Dead-Sea mobile post, 86910 Tamar, Israel
Eitan Shelef
Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4107
O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260-3332, United States
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Short summary
Drainage reorganization redistributes drainage area across basins, resulting in channel and valley widths that may be unproportional to the new drainage area. We demonstrate scaling between valley width and drainage area in reorganized drainages that deviates from scaling in non-reorganized drainages. Further, deviation patterns are associated with different reorganization categories. Our findings are consequential for studies that rely on this scaling for valley width estimation.
Drainage reorganization redistributes drainage area across basins, resulting in channel and...
