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This study intends to develop a procedure to generate synthetic data for typical rivers in Taiwan. Four approaches were involved in development including data collection and analysis, file conversion to computer format, slope classification, and regression analysis for slope and the fundamental river parameters. In fact, the characteristics of a non-dimensional channel profile can be captured by Johnson SB distribution curve. Under the least square fitting, the complex channel profiles were represented by 3-parameter Johnson SB distribution parameters (γ,δ,α). It is rather straightforward to have these representative curves classified into categories with clustering analysis. Therefore, if the slope type is determined, the synthetic data about the river parameters can be generated through the above derived regression equations.
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