METHODOLOGIES FOR ESTIMATING

HYDROLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS
OF
UNGAUGED LOCATIONS IN NEPAL

by The Water and Energy Commission Secretariat and

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology

INPUT DATA:
Note: Enter the data in the green box provided
The developer is not accountable for any errors in the computations
"HYDEST" Program in Excel, modified by Mandira Shrestha

1. Physiographic Data:

RIVER NAME : Ghalemdi Khola

LOCATION : Myagdi

DRAINAGE BASIN AREA : 58.54 km2

AREA OF BASIN BELOW 5000 m ELEVATION : 30.27

AREA OF BASIN BELOW 3000 m ELEVATION : 3.32

2. Climatologic Data:

MONSOON WETNESS INDEX AT BASIN CENTROID : 2200

|:: OUTPUT:
Ghalemdi Khola River at Myagdi

LOW FLOW STATISTICS

Low Flow Discharge

Return Period (yrs) Duration (m3/s)

1 0.21
7 0.23
2
30 0.32
monthly 0.37

1 0.06
10 7 0.09
30 0.17
monthly 0.22

1 0.04
20 7 0.07
30 0.15
monthly 0.19

FLOOD FLOW STATISTICS

Return Period (yrs) Flood Discharge (m3/s)

Daily Instantaneous

2 3 7
5 6 13
10 7 19
20 9 25
50 12 35
100 14 43
200 17 52
500 20 66
1000 23 78
5000 31 112
10000 34 129

LONG TERM AVERAGE DISCHARGES

LONG TELONG TE
km2

km2

mm
w Flow Discharge
(m3/s)

LOW FLO
LOW FLO
LOW FLO
LOW FLO
LOW FLO
LOW FLO

0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04

LONG TERM AVERAGE DISCHARGES

 Annual Hydrograph of Ghalemdi Khola River at Myagdi

7.00
Discharge (m3/s)

6.00

5.00

4.00

3.00

2.00

1.00

0.00
MONTH
 Flood Frequency Curves of Ghalemdi Khola River at Myagdi

140

11

120
Discharge (m3/s)

10

100

80 9

8
60
7

6
40
5 11
10
4 9
20 3 8
7
2 6
5
3 4
1 2
1
0
1 10 100 1000 10000
Return Period (years)
 Flow Duration Curve of Ghalemdi Khola River at Myagdi
14.00
1

12.00
Discharge (m3/s)

10.00

8.00

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE (%)
 Low Flow Frequency Curves of Ghalemdi Khola River at Myagdi

1
Discharge (m3/s)

1
1 2

3
2

2 3

Return Period (years)

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January 0.41 Probability Discharge

February 0.35 of (m3/s)
March 0.31 Exceedance 0
April 0.29 (%) 0
May 0.36 0
June 2.99 0 13.18
July 4.78 5 6.93
August 5.91 20 7.06
September 4.63 40 1.88
October 2.01 60 0.91
November 1.78 65 0.75
December 1.16 80 0.28
95 0.17
2.08 100 #VALUE!
 200 3.446 307 40
3169.85558 153 19.93485342
0.27
0.08 2019.934853
0.35 2000

56 40
5.06196 33 23.57142857

1863.571429 136.4285714 131.4285714

intake ph
1400 1050
0.61
350

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