Morphometry of Toyogres river sub-basin, Cartago, Costa Rica
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https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.60-1.9Keywords:
morphometry, Toyogres River, watershed.Abstract
Based on geographic information systems and data modeling in Microsoft Excel, the morphometry of the Toyogres river sub-basin in Cartago was modeled. The purpose of the study was to develop the main geomorphometric and morphometric parameters that characterize a hydrographic basin as an initial stage in any hydrological study. The results showed how the shape of the sub-basin is related to the geometric aspects derived from the indices, which, therefore, responds to an elongated form. In turn, this form conditions the relationship of their drainage and the categories in which they are located.
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