Morphometric analysis for prioritizing sub-watersheds of Murredu River basin, Telangana State, India, using a geographical information system

Shekar, Padala Raja; Mathew, Aneesh

doi:10.1186/s44147-022-00094-4

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science

Table 3 Linear parameters of the Murredu River basin (SW 1 to SW 14)

From: Morphometric analysis for prioritizing sub-watersheds of Murredu River basin, Telangana State, India, using a geographical information system

Sub-watersheds	Stream order	Stream number (Nu)	Log₁₀(Nu)	Stream length (Lu)	Log₁₀(Lu)	Mean stream length	Bifurcation ratio (R_b)	Steam length ratio (R_l)
SW 1	1	70	1.85	64	1.81	0.91	No	No
	2	16	1.20	39	1.59	2.44	4.38	0.61
	3	3	0.48	20	1.30	6.67	5.33	0.51
	4	1	0.00	5	0.70	5.00	3.00	0.25
		∑N_u = 90		∑L_u =128			∑R_b=12.71	∑R_l=1.37
							∑R_bm =3.18	∑R_lm =0.34
SW 2	1	16	1.20	14	1.15	0.88	No	No
	2	3	0.48	7	0.85	2.33	5.33	0.50
	3	1	0.00	7	0.85	7.00	3.00	1.00
		∑N_u = 20		∑L_u =28			∑R_b=8.33	∑R_l=1.50
							∑R_bm =4.17	∑R_lm =0.75
SW 3	1	57	1.76	62	1.79	1.09	No	No
	2	12	1.08	30	1.48	2.50	4.75	0.48
	3	4	0.60	9	0.95	2.25	3.00	0.30
	4	1	0.00	11	1.04	11.00	4.00	1.22
		∑N_u = 74		∑L_u =112			∑R_b=11.75	∑R_l=2.01
							∑R_bm =3.92	∑R_lm =0.67
SW 4	1	41	1.61	39	1.59	0.95	No	No
	2	12	1.08	12	1.08	1.00	3.42	0.31
	3	2	0.30	9	0.95	4.50	6.00	0.75
	4	1	0	9	0.95	9.00	2.00	1.00
		∑N_u = 56		∑L_u =69			∑R_b=11.42	∑R_l=2.06
							∑R_bm =3.81	∑R_lm =0.69
SW 5	1	67	1.83	71	1.85	1.06	No	No
	2	15	1.18	29	1.59	1.93	4.47	0.41
	3	5	0.70	17	1.18	3.40	3.00	0.59
	4	1	0.00	10	0.78	10.00	5.00	0.59
		∑N_u = 88		∑L_u =127			∑R_b=12.47	∑R_l=1.58
							∑R_bm =4.16	∑R_lm =0.53
SW 6	1	71	1.85	55	1.74	0.77	No	No
	2	16	1.20	39	1.59	2.44	4.44	0.71
	3	4	0.60	15	1.18	3.75	4.00	0.38
	4	1	0.00	6	0.78	6.00	4.00	0.40
		∑N_u = 92		∑L_u =115			∑R_b=12.44	∑R_l=1.49
							∑R_bm =4.15	∑R_lm =0.50
SW 7	1	46	1.66	71	1.85	1.54	No	No
	2	13	1.11	33	1.52	2.54	3.54	0.46
	3	4	0.60	19	1.28	4.75	3.25	0.58
	4	2	0.30	9	0.95	4.50	2.00	0.47
		∑N_u = 65		∑L_u =132			∑R_b=8.79	∑R_l=1.51
							∑R_bm =2.93	∑R_lm =0.50
SW 8	1	55	1.74	86	1.93	1.56	No	No
	2	11	1.04	31	1.49	2.82	5.00	0.36
	3	4	0.60	25	1.40	6.25	2.75	0.81
	4	1	0.00	1	0.00	1.00	4.00	0.04
		∑N_u = 71		∑L_u =143			∑R_b=11.75	∑R_l=1.21
							∑R_bm =3.92	∑R_lm =0.40
SW 9	1	198	2.29	35	1.54	0.18	No	No
	2	44	1.64	18	1.26	0.41	4.5	0.51
	3	11	1.04	7	0.85	0.64	4	0.39
	4	2	0.30	1	0.00	0.50	5.5	0.14
	5	1	0.00	2	0.30	2.00	2	2.00
		∑N_u = 256		∑L_u =63			∑R_b=16	∑R_l=3.05
							∑R_bm =4	∑R_lm =0.76
SW 10	1	70	1.85	90	1.95	1.29	No	No
	2	11	1.04	31	1.49	2.82	6.36	0.34
	3	3	0.48	11	1.04	3.67	3.67	0.35
	4	1	0.00	12	1.07	12.00	3.00	1.09
		∑N_u = 85		∑L_u =144			∑R_b=13.03	∑R_l=1.79
							∑R_bm =4.34	∑R_lm =0.60
SW 11	1	81	1.91	71	1.85	0.88	No	No
	2	19	1.28	33	1.51	1.74	4.26	0.46
	3	6	0.78	21	1.32	3.50	3.17	0.64
	4	2	0.30	8	0.90	4.00	3.00	0.38
	5	1	0.00	6	0.78	6.00	2.00	0.75
		∑N_u = 109		∑L_u =139			∑R_b=12.43	∑R_l=2.23
							∑R_bm =3.11	∑R_lm =0.56
SW 12	1	75	1.87	62	1.792	0.83	No	No
	2	17	1.23	28	1.44	1.65	4.41	0.45
	3	6	0.778	15	1.176	2.50	2.83	0.54
	4	1	0	16	1.2	16	6.00	1.07
		∑N_u = 99		∑L_u =121			∑R_b=13.25	∑R_l=2.05
							∑R_bm =4.42	∑R_lm =0.68
SW 13	1	62	1.79	84	1.92	1.35	No	No
	2	14	1.14	45	1.65	3.21	4.43	0.54
	3	5	0.70	23	1.36	4.60	2.80	0.51
	4	2	0.30	5	0.70	2.50	2.50	0.22
	5	1	0.00	3	0.48	3	2.00	0.60
		∑N_u = 84		∑L_u =160			∑R_b=11.73	∑R_l=1.86
							∑R_bm =2.93	∑R_lm =0.47
SW 14	1	22	1.34	22	1.34	1.00	No	No
	2	4	0.60	15	1.18	3.75	5.50	0.68
	3	1	0.00	16	1.20	16.00	4.00	1.07
		∑N_u = 27		∑L_u =53			∑R_b=9.50	∑R_l=1.75
							∑R_bm =3.17	∑R_lm =0.58

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