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Stream Classification Appendix

    Stream classification provides a way to look at stream channels, letting you group those that are similar or identify features that are different. Since we expect streams of similar type to act in similar ways, classification offers a powerful tool.    Harrelson et. al., 1994, p. 4

Views of Stream Types

Figure 1 - Stream types: gradient, cross-section, plan view (from Applied River Morphology, Dave Rosgen and Hilton Lee Silvey, Wildland Hydrology, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 1996.)
Stream Type Criteria

Figure 2 - Cross-section of stream types (from Applied River Morphology, Dave Rosgen and Hilton Lee Silvey, Wildland Hydrology, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 1996.)