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The earth’s surface is shaped by a variety of processes; beside gravity-driven mass movements, erosion by water, wind, and glaciers are the most important examples. Fluvial erosion is ubiquitous in many climates; river networks can be considered as the backbone of the landscape. Thus, understanding the evolution of drainage networks has been a major challenge in geomorphology.
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Hergarten, S. (2002). Drainage Networks. In: Self-Organized Criticality in Earth Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04390-5_9
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