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This paper identifies some of the discrete probability laws, and their underlying probabilistic models, that are used for the analysis of topological properties of drainage basins. Models that generate several of these laws evidently are not known in the statistical literature.
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Dacey, M.F. (1975). Probability Laws for Topological Properties of Drainage Basins. In: Patil, G.P., Kotz, S., Ord, J.K. (eds) A Modern Course on Statistical Distributions in Scientific Work. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1845-6_24
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