PRESIDENCY UNIVERISTY, BENGALURU

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

PROGRAMME : B. TECH. CIVIL ENGINEERING

4th Semester 2022-23
ASSIGNMENT- 1
Dated: 7/April/2023
Course Code : CIV 2010
Course Name : Hydrology and Irrigation Systems
Credit Structure : 3-0-0-3
Instructor In-charge : Dr. Venkatesha Raju K

1. Enlist the important phases and their contribution to hydrological cycle with its descriptive
sketch.
2. Define catchment area/ watershed and ridge/divide? Write the equations associated with
water budget for a catchment.
3. Enlist and explain the characteristics of rainfall.
4. Differentiate surface and subsurface water flow.
5. Describe three different types of aquifers.
6. Enlist the forms of precipitation and describe any four of it.
7. Differentiate convective and Orographic precipitation.
8. Differentiate nonfrontal and frontal types of cyclonic precipitation.
9. Identify the non-recording raingauge and explain the working principle of it with neat sketch.
10. Identify the recording raingauges does not produce the mass curve of precipitation as record
and explain any one of it with neat sketch.
11. Identify the most common type of automatic rain gauge adopted by U S Meteorological
Department and write the disadvantages of it.
12. Explain the different methods of determining the average rainfall over a catchment due to a
storm. Discuss the relative merits and demerits of various methods
13. Determine the optimum number of rain gauges in a catchment area using following data
a) Number of existing rain gauges = 08
b) Mean annual rainfall at the gauges = 100 cm, 95 cm, 90 cm, 85 cm, 80 cm, 70 cm, 60 cm
and 40 cm.
c) Permissible error = 6%
14. A catchment area has seven rain gauge stations. In a year , the annual rainfall recorded by
gauges area as follows
Station P Q R S T U V
Rainfall 130 142 118 108 165 102 146
(cm)

For a 5% of error in the estimation of the mean rainfall, calculate the minimum number of
additional rain gauges stations to be established in the catchment.
15. For a drainage basin of 600 km2 , isohyetals drawn for a storm gave following data:
Isohyetals interval (cm) 15-12 12-9 9-6 6-3 3-1
Inter –Isohyetal area (Km2) 92 128 120 175 85

Estimate the average depth of precipitation over the catchment

16. The isohyets due to a storm in a catchment were drawn and the area of the catchment
bounded by isohyets were tabulated as below.
Isohyetals interval (cm) 13 -12 12-10 10-8 8-6 6-4
Inter –Isohyetal area (Km2) 30 140 80 180 20

Estimate the mean precipitation due to storm.

17. The figure below represents a catchment area with the precipitations observed in a year.
Calculate the mean precipitation by the Thiessen polygon method.

18. The figure below represents a catchment area with the precipitations observed in a year.
Calculate the mean precipitation by the Thiessen polygon method and check the result
roughly by the arithmetic mean method
19. Define Evapotranspiration. Discuss the factors affecting Evapotranspiration
20. Discuss the factors affecting infiltration. Explain with a neat sketch working principle of
a) Single (tube type) infiltrometer
b) Double ring infiltrometer
21. Define Evaporation. Explain the method of measuring evaporation using evaporation pan
method
22. Define infiltration. With neat diagram explain Infiltration capacity curve (Horton curve)

Signature of Instructor In Charge Signature of HOD Civil