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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"> (<br/>''Also called'' channel order.) The designation by a dimensionless integer series (1, 2,  3, . . .) of the relative position of [[stream]] segments in the network of a [[drainage basin]], with 1  designating a stream with no tributaries. </div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"> (''Also called'' channel order.) The designation by a dimensionless integer series (1, 2,  3, . . .) of the relative position of [[stream]] segments in the network of a [[drainage basin]], with 1  designating a stream with no tributaries. </div><br/> </div>
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stream order

(Also called channel order.) The designation by a dimensionless integer series (1, 2, 3, . . .) of the relative position of stream segments in the network of a drainage basin, with 1 designating a stream with no tributaries.


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