WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

ASSIGNMENT 1

Q1. What is Hydrological Cycle and what is its importance?

Q2. What is water budget equation in hydrology? Also give the expression for the water budget

of a catchment for a time interval ∆t and write in brief about all the terms associated in

equation.

Q3. Describe different forms of precipitation.

Q4. Explain both type of rain gauge:

a) Automatic rain- gauge.

b) Non-automatic rain-gauge.

Q5. Define evaporation. Discuss the factors that affect the evaporation from a body.

Q6. What do you understand by consumptive use of water? Also discuss the factors affecting

it.

Q7. What do you understand by crop rotation? What are its advantages?

Q8. A field channel has CCA of 2000 ha. The intensity of irrigation for grams is 30% and

wheat is 50%. Gram has kor-period of 18 days and kor-depth of 12 cm. while wheat has a

kor-period of 15 days and kor-depth of 15 cm. calculate the discharge of the field channel.

Q9. Describe the main features of the cross section of irrigation channel with suitable sketches.

Q 10. What is problem of water logging? Describe some suitable remedial measures against

water logging in brief.

Q11. What is transpiration? What are different factor that affect transpiration?