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The catchment area of a stream or river, i.e., the drainage basin — not necessarily the area of precipitation — is not a level plane. It is rather defined as “the area, measured in horizontal projection, from which the water flows to a certain location” (DIN 4049), i.e., as a portion of the earth’s surface displaying a declivity to a certain point. The difference between the true surface area in the field and its projection over a map can be considerable and increases with growing angles of inclination.
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Mangelsdorf, J., Scheurmann, K., Weiß, FH. (1990). Classification of Rivers. In: River Morphology. Springer Series in Physical Environment, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83777-7_6
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