Desk Study

Catchment Delineation
• Insights into the area contributing to runoff
• Utilized topographic maps to gather elevation and terrain data.
• Employed GIS for spatial data analysis and visualization.
• Leveraged Google Earth for satellite imagery and aerial views.
• Utilized AutoCAD

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 Google Earth Auto-cad

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 GIS-Theissen Polygon

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Data Collection
• Collected Rainfall data of over 38 years from local meteorological stations
• Rainfall Stations: Sankhu(1035), Nagarkot(1043), Changu(1059)
• Catchment Area= 31.7 km2 (Google Earth)
• Length of longest watercourse =10.7 km
• Elevation difference=1029 m
• Percentage weightage contribution of stations from Thiessen Polygon
Theissen

Index Area % wt.

Sankhu 1035 24.229 76.551 0.76551

Nagarkot 1043 6.608 20.878 0.20878

Changu 1059 0.814 2.572 0.02572

Total 31.651

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Data Analysis
• Gumbell • Log-Pearson III
GUMBELL Log-pearson III
t Yt K Xt t yt xt
10 2.2504 1.5031 117.3444
25 3.1985 128.2348
20 2.9702 2.1366 131.6461
50 3.9019 140.7011
25 3.1985 2.3375 136.1829
33 3.4812 2.5863 141.7982 100 4.6001 153.1128
50 3.9019 2.9566 150.1583 200 5.2958 165.6956
100 4.6001 3.5710 164.0305 • Log Normal
200 5.2958 4.1832 177.8522
300 5.7021 4.5408 185.9247
Log normal
500 6.2136 4.9909 196.0872
t yt xt
25 3.1985 125.5991
50 3.9019 135.5615
100 4.6001 145.1758
200 5.2958 154.6128

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Extreme Value Prediction
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Precipitation

120 Extreme Rainfall

Linear (Extreme Rainfall)

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Gumbel
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LP III

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Flood Estimation
• Rational Method
IDF Flood Estimation for Manahara Khola at intake
Return Period 10 20 33 50 100 300 500
Max. Daily Rainfall (mm) 117 132 142 150 164 186 196
Time (hr)\Intensity, mm/hr RI10 RI20 RI33 RI50 RI100 RI300 RI500
0.25 102.51 115.00 123.87 131.17 143.29 162.42 171.29
0.5 64.58 72.45 78.03 82.63 90.27 102.32 107.91
0.75 49.28 55.29 59.55 63.06 68.89 78.08 82.35
1 40.68 45.64 49.16 52.06 56.87 64.46 67.98
2 25.63 28.75 30.97 32.79 35.82 40.60 42.82
4 16.14 18.11 19.51 20.66 22.57 25.58 26.98
6 12.32 13.82 14.89 15.77 17.22 19.52 20.59
8 10.17 11.41 12.29 13.01 14.22 16.11 16.99
12 7.76 8.71 9.38 9.93 10.85 12.30 12.97
16 6.41 7.19 7.74 8.20 8.96 10.15 10.71
20 5.52 6.19 6.67 7.07 7.72 8.75 9.23
24 4.89 5.49 5.91 6.26 6.83 7.75 8.17
0.96 41.79 46.89 50.50 53.48 58.42 66.22 69.84

Q, m3/s 173 194 209 221 242 274 289

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