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River flood plains #3

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eranimo opened this issue Oct 13, 2019 · 0 comments
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River flood plains #3

eranimo opened this issue Oct 13, 2019 · 0 comments
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eranimo commented Oct 13, 2019

Each cell edge has a property called "flow". It's currently determined by the equation: m^2 where m is the moisture at that edge point.

We want to determine what areas next to rivers are flood plains. We can do this by using monthly moisture to calculate a "monthly flow" value. Calculate the yearly average flow value for each edge. We can say that a river is flooding when the monthly flow is over the yearly average.

We also should take into account the height differential. In real life, rivers with a low height differential have a large flood plain, while rivers with a high height differential erode more.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River#Classification

@eranimo eranimo changed the title River floods River flood plains Oct 13, 2019
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