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. 2016 Sep 1;4:e2403. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2403

Table 1. Watershed and focal floodplain characteristics for the Kwethluk River, Alaska and the Kol River, Kamchatka, Russian Federation.

Kwethluk Kol
Watershed area 3,846 km2 1,502 km2
Total floodplain area 2.49 × 108 m2 1.04 × 108 m2
Mean floodplain elevation 212 m 280 m
Floodplains (#) 10 8
Floodplain: watershed ratio 0.06 0.07
Floodplain sinuosity 1.68 1.20
Nodes (#) 224 192
Nodes per length of floodplain 0.86 1.81
Total aquatic habitat 283 ha 409 ha
Main channel total area 219 ha 325 ha
Off-channel habitat area 64 ha 84 ha
Springbrook total area 11 ha 83 ha
% off-channel springbrook area 0.17 0.99
Beaver pond area 51 ha 0
% off-channel beaver pond area 0.80 0