He made crucial discoveries about the nature of rivers, especially their remarkable regularity. He showed that this regularity of form applies to all rivers, whether they are in sand boxes or draining entire continents, at scales of a laboratory flume or the Gulf Stream. -William Dietrich

 

He made crucial discoveries about the nature of rivers, especially their remarkable regularity. He showed that this regularity of form applies to all rivers, whether they are in sand boxes or draining entire continents, at scales of a laboratory flume or the Gulf Stream.


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He made crucial discoveries about the nature of rivers, especially their remarkable regularity. He showed that this regularity of form applies to all rivers, whether they are in sand boxes or draining entire continents, at scales of a laboratory flume or the Gulf Stream.

William Dietrich

In effect, Luna turned the hydrologic division of the USGS into a premier research organization, contributing to the prominence the field now has.

William Dietrich