ZHENG Nan-jiong,ZHOU Mai-chun,LIU Yuan
China Rural Water and Hydropower. 2017, (12):
81-85.
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Based on DEM, the Arcgis platform and its Model Builder were used to extract the water systems in the Hanjiang River basin and its nine sub-basins under a series of thresholds. The river channels of the lower levels were removed successively from the lower to the higher level, and then the data of each level were statistically analyzed for the fractal dimension of the water system based on Horton's Laws. The results showed that: under a series of thresholds, the branching ratios of the Hanjiang River basin were stable; its length ratios fluctuated; and its fractal dimensions varied in a large range, which averaged 2.21. When the data of the highest level were not counted, the average branching ratio was the same as that of the whole river network, while the average length ratio was larger and the average fractal dimension was 1.53. According to the structures of the river networks and the features of the channels in the nine sub-basins of the Hanjiang River, the data of the whole networks were statistically analyzed for Guanyinqiao, Xikou, Shanghangzi, Yangjiafang and Chaoan, while the data of the highest-level channels were not counted for Baokeng, Hekou, Shuikou and Hengshan. The results showed an average branching ratio of 4.51, an average length ratio of 2.66 and an average fractal dimension of 1.54, which were relatively consistent with the channel features and fractal dimension of the whole Hanjiang River basin when its channel of the highest level was not counted.