Recent questions and answers in Surface Water Resources

The mass curve of a rainfall event of $100$ $\mathrm{min}$ duration over a catchment is given in the table.If the initial loss is $0.6$ $\mathrm{cm}$ and $\phi$-index is ...

​​​​For flood routing, consider the following statements$\text{P}$ : Hydrologic routing method uses continuity equation and momentum equation$\text{Q}$ : Hydraulic routin...

The following table and figure (not to scale) show characteristics of a catchment$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Sub-} & \text{Area} &\text{Runoff} & \text{Time ...

A Class-A pan was setup adjacent to a lake for measuring evaporation losses in the lake. The depth of water in the pan at the beginning of a certain week was $250 \mathrm...

Consider a watershed and isohyets as shown in the figure. The average rainfall in the watershed is ___________ $\mathrm{mm}$ $\text{(an integer value)}$.

An S-hydrograph was prepared for a catchment of $240 \mathrm{~km}^2$ using 3-hour unit hydrograph $(1 \mathrm{~cm}$ rainfall excess). The equilibrium discharge for the S-...

The following figure (not to the scale) shows a catchment $(\mathrm{Q}, \mathrm{S}, \mathrm{U}, \mathrm{T}, \mathrm{Q})$ and adjoining raingauge stations $\mathrm{P}, \ma...

Consider the following statementsStatement $1$: Goodrich method for reservoir routing is based on hydrologic flood routing method.Statement $2$: Muskingum method for chan...

The following figure shows a $2$-hour unit hydrograph ( $1 \mathrm{~cm}$ rainfall excess) for a catchment area of $540$ hectare. The peak discharge (in $\mathrm{m}^{3} / ...