Wadi Jamam watershed

Par. No.

Morphometric parameters

Stream order

1

Stream order (u) (5)

I

II

III

IV

V

2

No. of streams (Nu) (Total) (405)

307

73

19

5

1

3

Stream length (Lu) (Total) (421.253 km)

200.120

123.388

62.573

18.140

17.032

4

Mean stream length (Lsm) (1.040 km)

0.651

1.690

3.293

3.628

17.032

5

Stream length ratio(RL)

0.616

II/I

0.507

III/II

0.289

IV/III

0.938

V/IV

6

Bifurcation ratio(Rb)

4.205

I/II

3.842

II/III

3.800

III/IV

5

IV/V

Wadi Hanout watershed

Par. No.

Morphometric parameters

Stream order

1

Stream order (u) (5)

I

II

III

IV

V

2

No. of stream order (Nu) (Total) (345)

260

66

15

3

1

3

Stream length (Lu) (Total) (302.434 km)

148.428

72.734

39.358

17.312

24.602

4

Mean stream length (Lsm) (0.876 km)

0.570

1.102

2.623

5.770

24.602

5

Stream length ratio (RL)

0.490

II/I

0.541

III/II

0.439

IV/III

1.421

V/IV

6

Bifurcation ratio (Rb)

3.939

I/II

4.400

II/III

5

III/IV

3

IV/V

Wadi Jaded watershed

Par. No.

Morphometric parameters

Stream order

1

Stream order (u) (5)

I

II

III

IV

V

2

No. of streams (Nu) (Total) (193)

154

29

7

2

1

3

Stream length (Lu) (Total) (181.362 km)

91.476

46.734

17.944

11.970

13.238

4

Mean stream length (Lsm) (0.939 km)

0.594

1.611

2.563

5.985

13.238

5

Stream length ratio (RL)

0.510

II/I

0.383

III/II

0.667

IV/III

1.105

V/IV

6

Bifurcation ratio (Rb)

5.310

I/II

4.142

II/III

3.500

III/IV

2

IV/V

Wadi Ghafir watershed

Par. No.

Morphometric parameters

Stream order

1

Stream order (u) (5)

I

II

III

IV

V

2

No. of streams (Nu) (Total) (333)

258

59

12

3

1

3

Stream length (Lu) (Total) (321.742 km)

166.076

87.640

29.834

25.548

12.644

4

Mean stream length (Lsm) (0.966 km)

0.643

1.485

2.486

8.516

12.644

5

Stream length ratio (RL)

0.527

II/I

0.340

III/II

0.856

IV/III

0.494

V/IV

6

Bifurcation ratio (Rb)

4.372

I/II

4.916

II/III

4

III/IV

3

IV/V