- Last updated
- August 6, 2014
- Terms of use
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- Organization
- Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
- Categories
- Regions and cities, Environment
Description
The stream order according to Strahler specifies the degree of branching of a hydrographic network. It forms the basis for morphological studies and descriptions of a watercourse. --- According to Strahler, watercourse sources are assigned a stream order of 1. If two tributaries of the same stream order join, the order increases by 1. The Rhine and the River Aare have a stream order of 9, whereas the Rhône has a stream order of 7. --- The stream order was calculated using the VECTOR25 hydrographic network.
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Additional information
- Identifier
- e8b4794c-7045-4970-85eb-6caba4384976@bundesamt-fur-umwelt-bafu
- Issued date
- January 1, 2005
- Modified date
- August 6, 2014
- Publisher
- Bundesamt für Umwelt
- Contact points
- wasser@bafu.admin.ch
- Languages
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- English
- German
- French
- Italian
- Further information
- geocat.ch permalink
- Landing page
- http://www.bafu.admin.ch/floz-de
- Documentation
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- Temporal coverage
- -
- Spatial coverage
- Schweiz
- Update interval
- Irregular
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