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are fitting parameters. Subsequent research using two-dimensional landscape evolution models has called the general applicability of this fit into question, as well as the capability of the hypsometric curve to deal with scale-dependent effects. A modified curve with one additional parameter has been
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to represent the relationship between lake surface area and depth and calculate total lake volume. These graphs can be used to predict various characteristics of lakes such as
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due to the difference in density between the lighter continental crust and denser oceanic crust. On other planets within this solar system, elevations are typically
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Willgoose, G.; Hancock, G. (1998). "Revisiting the hypsometric curve as an indicator of form and process in transport‐limited catchment".
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Hypsography of the Earth. Notice that Earth has two peaks in elevation, one for the continents, the other for the ocean floors.
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On Earth, the elevations can take on either positive or negative (below sea level) values. The distribution is theorised to be
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of elevations in a geographical area. Differences in hypsometric curves between landscapes arise because the
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Bajracharya, P.; Jain, S. (2021). "Characterization of drainage basin hypsometry: A generalized approach".
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Measurement of the elevation and depth of features on Earth's surface relative to mean sea level.
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proposed a curve containing three parameters to fit different hypsometric relations:
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When drawn as a 2-dimensional histogram, a hypsometric curve displays the elevation (
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or a geomorphologist with a way to assess the similarity of
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processes that shape the landscape may be different.
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Index

Hypsography
Hypsometric tints
Ancient Greek
ὕψος
μέτρον
elevation
depth
features of Earth's surface
sea level
bimodal
unimodal


histogram
cumulative distribution function
geomorphic
y-axis
x-axis
hydrologist
watersheds
Arthur Strahler
limnology
productivity
Bathymetry
Hypsometric equation
Hypsometer
Levelling
Topography
Orography
ὕψος

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