“…After the pioneering work of Dunne and Leopold (1978), numerous researchers have developed the regional hydraulic geometry relationships for different regions of the United States of America (MOODY and ODEM, 1999;HARMAN et al, 1999;WHITE, 2001;CASTRO and JACKSON, 2001;McCANDLESS, 2003;SWEET and GERATZ, 2003;CINNOTO, 2003;EMMERT, 2004;MESSINGER and WILEY, 2004;SHERWOOD and HUITGER, 2005;KEATON et al, 2005;KRSTOLIC and CHAPLIN, 2007;MULVIHILL et al, 2009;AGOURIDIS et al, 2011;MODRICK and GEORGAKAKOS,2014; among others).…”