Models of Fractal River Basins
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Experimental analyses of river networks(1) have shown clear examples of behavior analogous to critical phenomena characterized by the absence of a single well-defined length scale reflected in a power-law behavior of various quantities. A fundamental question that arises from these observations is whether, in analogy with conventional critical phenomena, one may fruitfully classify this behavior into universality classes that are characterized by different sets of exponents. A related point is whether there exist scaling relationships between the various exponents of a given universality class. Another vital issue is the elucidation of simple models amenable to
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