Lab Exercise 2. Basic Watershed Geomorphometry

Question 1

Study of the Earth’s surface landforms.
* both descriptive and quantitative
* morphology, geomorphological processes, landforms, origins, and
ages
* understand the ways in which landforms are created
* and to document the evolution of landforms through time

Answer 1

Geomorphology

Question 2

Science of quantitative land-surface analysis
* evolved directly from geomorphology and quantitative terrain analysis
* describes landforms using mathematical equations
* quantitative analysis of a watershed’s topographical surface
* describes various geomorphological characteristics of the watershed using standard equations or formulas

Answer 2

Geomorphometry

Question 3

Geomorphometric Parameters

Answer 3

• Dimensional Characteristics
• Shape Parameters
• Relief Parameters
• Drainage Parameters
• Stream Order Parameters