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This paper addresses the problem of changing hydrological processes with changing hydrological scale. The nature and effects of heterogenity in catchment topography, soils and rainfalls are discussed and the idea of the representative elementary area for runoff production is introduced. The joint problem of hillslope response and channel routing at different scales is considered, including the tendency to apparent linearity of response at larger scales. Finally a framework for considering the hydrological similarity of catchments with different characteristics and different scales is presented.
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Beven, K. (1991). Scale Considerations. In: Bowles, D.S., O’Connell, P.E. (eds) Recent Advances in the Modeling of Hydrologic Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 345. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3480-4_16
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