Influence of area and space dependence for hypsometric integral and its geological implications
面积高度积分的面积依赖与空间分布特征

The hypsometric integral(HI)of a drainage basin is a morphometric parameter for describing basin geomorphology.Lately the HI has become an index to infer activities of active tectonics in some orogenic belts.Some scholars take the hypsometric integral as an index to deduce the regional active tectonism.This paper examines two issues related to the HI:area dependence and space dependence.Our study calculates and analyzes the 10 rivers' hypsometric integrals of the Northern Tianshan Mountains,and the relation...