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E.g. If main stream is of 6th order and B.R.is 4 the number of stream
segment from higher to lower order is (i.e. ,65,4,3,2,1) would be
1,4,16,64,256,1024 respectively.
Nµ = R b
(k-µ)
Log y = loga – bx
y = num.of stream segment.
x = stream order
a=constant
b=regression coefficient
• Study of stream ordering for most rivers in the world shows similar
straight line relationship.
Basin ordering
Sr. Stream Stream num Area Bifurcatio Stream
No order n Ratio length
Horton Strahler