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2.6.3 Radial Drainage

A radial drainage pattern occurs when the tributaries flow radially outward and downward from a central topographic high. This type of pattern is typical of volcanic cones, isolated hills, and elevated domes.

An antiradial pattern develops in a basin where all tributary streams flow radially inward toward a common low area.


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Radial drainage pattern - My Katahdin
Radial drainage pattern - My Katahdin
Thornbury, W. D.
Principles of Geomorphology.
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1966.
Radial drainage pattern  Radial drainage pattern - My Katahdin 

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