Open Access Peer-reviewed Review

A review on homogeneity across hydrological regions

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Safieh Javadinejad corresponding author

Abstract

Hydrologic classification is the method of scientifically arranging streams, rivers or catchments into groups with the most similarity of flow regime features and use it to recognize hydrologically homogenous areas. Previous homogeneous attempts were depended on  overabundance of hydrologic metrics that considers features of variability of flows that are supposed to be meaningful in modelling physical progressions in the basins. This research explains the techniques of hydrological homogeneity through comparing past and existing methods;  in addition it provides a practical framework for hydrological homogeneity that illustrates serious elements of the classification process.

Keywords
classification process, homogeneous, hydrologic classification, physical processes, modeling

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How to Cite
Javadinejad, S. (2021). A review on homogeneity across hydrological regions. Resources Environment and Information Engineering, 3(1), 124-137. https://doi.org/10.25082/REIE.2021.01.004

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