An alternate approach is used by Snow, adopting Richardson's method for measuring the dimension of a coastline. That is, |
measuring the length L(d) of a river using a polygonal approximation with sides of length d, |
we expect |
L(d) = K⋅d1-D, |
where D is the dimension of the river. With this method, Snow reports values from D ≈ 1.04 for the Wabash river to D ≈ 1.38 for Big Indian Creek. |
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