Table 2 The calculated morphometric parameters of the studied basins

1

Linear

Sum of all stream numbers

S Nu

182

330

1449

3808

421

195

29

122

65

93

69

79

31

32

49

28

2

Sum of all stream lengths

Km

S Lu

150.1

255.7

896.2

2322.7

260.1

166.0

29.0

90.9

42.6

62.4

44.8

46.6

31.1

32.1

38.7

24.4

3

Sinuosity index

Km

Si

1.3

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

4

Bifurcation ratio

Rb

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.8

4.3

4.9

6.0

5.8

5.9

4.7

6.6

4.0

5.0

5.2

4.8

5.8

5

Weighted mean bifurcation ratio

WMRb

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.7

4.2

4.8

5.7

5.3

5.7

4.3

6.9

4.2

5.0

5.2

4.6

5.5

6

Valley length

Km

V L

18.2

27.8

52.8

72.7

26.4

20.6

14.0

16.1

13.8

9.6

19.0

11.8

11.2

9.8

8.9

5.4

7

Basin length

Km

LB

13.8

17.5

35.2

55.9

18.3

16.4

12.1

12.5

11.2

8.2

16.5

10.2

9.0

7.7

7.3

4.7

8

Areal

Drainage frequency

km^-2

F

3.8

4.0

4.0

3.6

4.1

3.7

3.0

3.7

4.2

4.4

3.6

4.0

3.0

3.1

3.8

3.7

9

Area of alluvial deposits in basin

km²

Av

36.5

63.1

64.0

73.5

31.9

41.5

--

15.4

--

8.6

5.5

3.1

--

--

--

--

10

Drainage density

km^-1

D

3.2

3.1

2.5

2.2

2.5

3.2

3.0

2.7

2.7

3.0

2.3

2.4

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.3

11

Perimeter

Km

P

39.4

58.0

123.6

208.8

59.3

47.4

30.9

33.6

30.5

22.3

39.1

27.1

23.0

20.2

20.9

13.4

12

Area of the basin

Km²

A

47.5

83.3

365.5

1055.7

103.0

52.4

9.5

33.4

15.6

21.1

19.3

19.7

10.3

10.4

12.8

7.5

13

Elongation ratio

Re

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

14

Circularity ratio

Rc

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

15

Length of overland flow

Km

Lo

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

16

Texture ratio

Rt

4.6

5.7

11.7

18.2

7.1

4.1

0.9

3.6

2.1

4.2

1.8

2.9

1.3

1.6

2.3

2.1

17

Shape index

Ish

0.32

0.35

0.38

0.43

0.39

0.25

0.08

0.27

0.16

0.40

0.09

0.24

0.16

0.22

0.31

0.44

18

Relief

Relief

m

R

301

668

1810

1652

1026

527

462

743

374

396

735

472

427

158

213

149

19

Slope index

SI

11.4

11.4

12.6

13.0

22.1

9.1

10.5

23.4

15.2

18.7

25.4

21.8

16.7

14.1

12.9

18.2

20

Relief ratio

Rr

0.02

0.038

0.051

0.030

0.056

0.032

0.038

0.06

0.03

0.048

0.045

0.046

0.047

0.021

0.029

0.032

21

Ruggedness number

Rn

1.0

2.1

4.4

3.6

2.6

1.7

1.4

2.0

1.0

1.2

1.7

1.1

1.3

0.5

0.6

0.5