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An attempt to measure channel asymmetry of a cross-sectional area of a river was perhaps taken first by Knighton (Quant Indices’ Earth Surf Process Landf, 6:581–588, 1981). But his effort did not match his presumptions of keeping the index value within a fixed limit of 0 to 1, especially in his A 1 and A 2 measures. To overcome this and another genetic problem of those indices, this chapter presents alternative measures viz. A w, A a, and A wa to the end. For the purpose, simple measures of trigonometry and mensuration, have been employed.
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Das, B.C., Islam, A. (2016). Analysis of Channel Asymmetry: A Different Perspective. In: Das, B., Ghosh, S., Islam, A., Ismail, M. (eds) Neo-Thinking on Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin Geomorphology. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26443-1_3
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