Figure 30. Conceptual figure illustrating the concept of effective discharge, which occurs frequently enough and moves a sufficient amount of sediment such that it often determines the size (width and depth) of a river channel.
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Source: Patrick Belmont, after Leopold and Wolman, 1960.
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