抄録
Relationships between recession rates of waterfalls and their controlling factors are examined for waterfalls in the Boso district using an equation proposed by Hayakawa and Matsukura (Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 28, 2003). The long-term mean recession rates of waterfalls are obtained by estimating the original location and age of waterfalls, while the factors affecting the rate are determined with measurable physical parameters including: drainage area and mean annual precipitation of catchments above a waterfall; height and width of waterfall face; and unconfined compressive strength of bedrock. In the present study, measurements are undertaken for eight waterfalls in the middle to southern Boso Peninsula. Together with nine existing data, seventeen data are contributed to the examination of the equation, revealing the equation to be basically applicable to the waterfalls in the studied area. However, derivation of recession rates for some waterfalls remains improved. Similar analyses for other regions should also be continuously undertaken.
