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-WATER STORED OR FLOWING ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE

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- A plot of streamflow vs.

time over a year

 a graph or table showing the flow rate as a function of

time at a given location on a stream.
Direct runoff/ Quickflow
 An integral expression of the physiographic and climatic
characteristics that govern the relations between rainfall Baseflow

and runoff of a particular drainage basin (Chow, 1959)

 Two types:
(a) Annual Hydrograph
(b) Storm hydrograph BASIN YIELD (from baseflow)

Direct runoff/ Quickflow

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- Peak streamflows are a

result of storm rainfall

Four Components of a Streamflow Hydrograph During a Storm

BASIN YIELD

- Involves drawing a horizontal line from the

point at which the surface runoff begins to
intersection with the recession limb
- Applicable to ephemeral streams
(a) Straight Line
Method

(b)Fixed
Base
Method
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(c) Variable
Slope
Method

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- Surface runoff is assumed to end a fixed
time N after the hydrograph peak.
- The baseflow before surface runoff began is
projected to the time of the peak, and then
projected on the recesson limb at time N
after the peak.
- The baseflow curve before surface runoff is
extrapolated forward to the time of peak
discharge, and then the baseflow curve after
surface runoff ceases is extrapolated backward
to the point of inflection on the recession limb.
- A straight line is used to connect the endpoint of
the extrapolated curves.

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(a) Determine the DRH

assuming an initial
baseflow of 400cfs, the ∅-
index, and the ERH from
the observed rainfall and
streamflow data given in
the table. The watershed is
7.03 sq.mi.

(a) Determine the runoff

coefficient** for the given
storm.

**Abstractions may also be

accounted for by means of
runoff coefficients.