The Watershed Program in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Wyoming Water Science Center developed regional curves that relate bankfull channel dimensions and discharge to drainage area for hydrophysiographic regions in Wyoming where data are currently lacking. Regional curves are useful aids for estimating bankfull discharge and related channel dimensions at ungaged sites, particularly where field indicators of bankfull stage are not apparent, such as actively incising or degrading stream channels.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Bankfull-channel geometry and discharge curves for the Rocky Mountains Hydrologic Region in Wyoming
- Overview
The Watershed Program in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Wyoming Water Science Center developed regional curves that relate bankfull channel dimensions and discharge to drainage area for hydrophysiographic regions in Wyoming where data are currently lacking. Regional curves are useful aids for estimating bankfull discharge and related channel dimensions at ungaged sites, particularly where field indicators of bankfull stage are not apparent, such as actively incising or degrading stream channels.
- Publications
Below are publications associated with this project.
Bankfull-channel geometry and discharge curves for the Rocky Mountains Hydrologic Region in Wyoming
Regional curves relate bankfull-channel geometry and bankfull discharge to drainage area in regions with similar runoff characteristics and are used to estimate the bankfull discharge and bankfull-channel geometry when the drainage area of a stream is known. One-variable, ordinary least-squares regressions relating bankfull discharge, cross-sectional area, bankfull width, and bankfull mean depth tAuthorsKatharine Foster