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Geomorphologists and hydrologists often view streams as being part of a drainage pattern. Over time, a stream system will achieve a particular drainage pattern to its network of stream channels and tributaries as determined by local geologic factors. Drainage patterns are classified on the basis of their form and texture. Their shape or pattern develops in response to the local topography and subsurface geology. Drainage channels develop where surface runoff is enhanced and earth materials provide the least resistance to erosion. The texture is governed by soil infiltration, and the volume of water available in a given period of time to enter the surface.
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Geomorphologists and hydrologists often view streams as being part of a drainage pattern. Over time, a stream system will achieve a particular drainage pattern to its network of stream channels and tributaries as determined by local geologic factors. Drainage patterns are classified on the basis of their form and texture. Their shape or pattern develops in response to the local topography and subsurface geology. Drainage channels develop where surface runoff is enhanced and earth materials provide the least resistance to erosion. The texture is governed by soil infiltration, and the volume of water available in a given period of time to enter the surface.
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