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13. Design of Stable Channels 3.1 Topic 8: Open Channel Flow Geomorphology of Natural Channels: Geomorphology of natural c hannels concerns their shape and structure. Natural channels are of irregular shape, varying from approximately parabolic to approx imately trapezoidal (Chow, 1959). Trapezoidal fit 3.2 y

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