Analysis of bifurcation characteristics for the Seolmacheon experimental catchment based on variable scale of source basin

Joo-Cheol Kim; Kwan Sue Jung

doi:10.3741/JKWRA.2021.54.5.289

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Analysis of bifurcation characteristics for the Seolmacheon experimental catchment based on variable scale of source basin 수원 유역의 변동성 규모를 기반으로 한 설마천 시험유역의 분기 특성 해석

31 May 2021. pp. 289-299

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Abstract

This study analyzes bifurcation characteristics of the Seolmacheon experimental catchment by extracting the shape variation of channel network due to variable scale of source basin or threshold area. As the area of source basin decreases, a bifurcation process of channel network occurs within the basin of interest, resulting in the elongation of channel network (increase of total channel length) as well as the expansion of channel network (increase of the source number). In the former case, the elongation of channel reaches overwhelms the generation of sources, whereas, in the latter case, the drainage path network tends to fulfill the inner space of the basin of interest reflecting the opposite trend. Therefore, scale invariance of natural channel network could be expressed to be a balanced geomorphologic feature between the elongation of channel network and the expansion of channel network due to decrease of source basin scale. The bifurcation structure of the Seolmacheon experimental catchment can be characterized by the coexistence of the elongation and scale invariance of channel network, and thus a further study is required to find out which factor is more crucial to rainfall transformation into runoff.

Keywords

Source basin

Threshold area

Channel network

Bifurcation

Scale invariance

본 연구에서는 수원 유역 혹은 한계지지면적의 변동성 규모에 따른 하천망의 형상 변화를 추출하여 설마천 시험유역의 분기 특성에 대한 해석을 수행하였다. 수원 유역의 면적이 감소함에 따라 대상 유역의 내부에는 하천망의 분기 현상이 발생하며, 그 결과로서 하천망의 신장(총 하천 길이의 증가)과 함께 하천망의 확장(수원의 개수 증가)이 동시에 나타남을 볼 수 있었다. 하천망이 신장되는 경우 하천 구간의 길이가 증가하는 경향이 새로운 수원이 생성되는 경향보다 우세하게 나타나는 반면, 하천망이 확장되는 경우 반대 거동에 따라 배수망이 유역 내부의 공간을 채워가는 과정으로 나타남을 확인할 수 있었다. 이로부터 자연 유역의 하천망들이 가지는 규모 불변성은 수원 유역의 규모가 감소함에 따라 나타나는 하천망의 신장 특성과 하천망의 확장 특성이 상호 균형을 이루면서 발현되는 지형학적 특성으로 기술될 수 있었다. 설마천 시험유역의 분기 구조는 하천망의 신장 특성과 규모 불변성이 공존하는 형태로 판단되며 강우로 인한 유출 현상에 보다 지배적인 역할을 하는 요인에 대한 후속 연구가 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

키워드

수원 유역

한계지지면적

하천망

분기

규모 불변성

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Publisher :KOREA WATER RESOURECES ASSOCIATION
Publisher(Ko) :한국수자원학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국수자원학회 논문집
Volume : 54
No :5
Pages :289-299
Received Date : 2021-02-23
Revised Date : 2021-03-10
Accepted Date : 2021-03-10
DOI :https://doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2021.54.5.289

Journal of Korea Water Resources Association ISSN:2799-8746(Print) 2799-8754(Online) 한국수자원학회 논문집

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