Table 1 Vulnerability, critical nodes (CN) and driver nodes (\(N_D\)) characteristics of natural RNs. C denotes controllability, \(N_{DJ}\) is the number of driver nodes on junctions of a network, N is the total number of nodes in a network, \(N_{CN{\cap N}_{DJ}}\) is the number of common driver and critical nodes, and k is the total number of identified critical nodes in a network.

From: Controllability and heterogeneity of river networks using spectral graph theory approach

Basin’s

CAI

\(C=N_D/N\)

(%)

Vulnerability

c-value

\(N_{DJ}/N\)

(%)

\(N_{CN\cap N_{DJ}}\)(%)

\(k=5\)

\(N_{CN\cap N_{DJ}}\)(%)

\(k=10\)

\(N_{CN\cap N_{DJ}}\)(%)

\(k=N_D\)

0.30

17.07

0.81

3.01

0.61

0

0

0.61

0.34

17.28

0.84

3.26

0

0

0

0

0.48

17.69

0.79

2.07

0.68

0.34

0.34

0.68

0.57

20.83

0.72

4.62

0

0

0

0

0.61

18.03

0.72

2.55

0.41

0

0

0

0.61

17.42

0.74

2.51

0.43

0

0.43

0.43

0.62

16.81

0.88

2.39

0.57

0

0.28

0.57

0.64

16.42

0.79

3.04

0.86

0.43

0.43

0.86

0.66

16.04

0.67

3.02

0

0

0

0

0.69

15.54

0.88

1.81

1.01

0

0

1.01

0.69

14.78

0.76

2.59

0.82

0

0

0.41

0.72

13.04

0.90

3.21

1.52

0

0.43

1.09

0.95

16.81

0.84

3.20

0.85

0

0

0.28

0.96

13.80

0.86

3.19

0.61

0

0

0.61

1.13

14.08

0.79

3.73

0.14

0

0

0.14

1.13

13.04

0.86

2.27

0

0

0

0

1.15

14.37

0.67

1.36

1.45

0.15

0.15

1.45

1.15

12.35

0.82

2.93

0

0

0

0

1.15

17.24

0.92

1.56

1.72

1.72

1.72

1.72

1.16

15.84

0.84

2.53

0.78

0.16

0.31

0.62

1.34

14.79

0.77

1.51

0.97

0

0.19

0.78

1.35

15.20

0.74

2.03

0.49

0.25

0.25

0.25

1.36

16.81

0.85

2.82

0

0

0

0

1.36

14.19

0.81

2.56

0.83

0

0

0.67

1.36

15.38

0.84

2.67

0

0

0

0

1.40

15.60

0.70

2.78

0.46

0

0

0.46

1.42

16.67

0.93

2.93

2.27

0.76

0.76

1.52

1.44

14.69

0.85

3.40

0

0

0.00

0

1.54

12.50

0.94

2.53

2.08

1.04

2.08

2.08

1.56

15.63

0.83

2.33

0.78

0

0.78

0.78

1.64

14.56

0.85

2.12

0

0

0

0

1.67

14.29

0.89

2.70

1.07

0

0.36

1.07

1.68

15.44

0.87

1.38

0.67

0

0

0.67

1.76

17.09

0.85

1.76

0.43

0

0

0

1.84

16.44

0.82

1.11

2.05

0.68

1.37

0.68

1.93

15.14

0.75

2.29

0.40

0

0

0.40

2.03

16.05

0.71

2.42

1.85

0.62

1.23

1.23

2.06

14.96

0.88

2.55

0.88

0

0.59

0.88

2.20

14.49

0.85

3.52

0.72

0

0

0.72

2.20

14.58

0.69

2.49

1.04

0

1.04

1.04

2.20

17.78

0.90

1.81

1.11

0

1.11

0

2.32

13.23

0.78

1.13

0.53

0

0.53

0.53

3.47

19.23

0.72

2.71

0

0

0

0

3.57

10.53

0.92

1.16

0.67

1.32

1.32

0.67

4.82

12.02

0.85

2.53

0

0

0

0

4.84

13.51

0.88

1.30

0

0

0

0

5.42

13.79

0.74

1.60

0.34

0

0.34

0.34

5.73

16.10

0.93

1.92

0

0

0

0

5.79

15.57

0.77

1.91

0

0

0

0

5.80

16.46

0.89

1.90

0.42

0

0

0.42

5.82

13.51

0.81

1.62

0

0

0

0

8.31

10.00

0.90

2.53

3.33

3.33

3.33

3.33

9.77

15.12

0.84

1.77

0.58

0

0.58

0.58

10.11

14.70

0.99

1.48

0

0

0

0

11.19

14.29

0.94

1.57

1.26

0

0

1.26

12.45

13.87

0.99

1.24

1.54

0.77

1.54

1.54