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title: "Stream Power"
canonical: "https://help.innovyze.com/space/xps/19662940/Stream%20Power"
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![image](media://57d61b65-8eba-448e-832e-00e685645243)

Where:

 *V* = absolute value of velocity (ft/s; m/s)

* *τ<sub>bed</sub> = Bed Shear (lb/ft<sup>2</sup>; N/m<sup>2</sup>)

**Units of Stream Power** = (lb/ft-sec; N/m-sec)