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Hydrology Questions Set 4:

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Rainfall describes size of droplets greater than

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Which denotes all forms of water?

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Hydrographic survey deals with the mapping of


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The annual average precipitation at a particular station is called as

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The rainfall figures for successive 30-minute intervals are 35, 40, 120, 85, 45, 45 and 30 mm/hr. If the ϕ index is 35 mm/hour, determine the W-index.

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The probability of a 10 cm rainfall occurring in 1 hour at station B is 1/60. What is the probability that a 1-hour rainfall of 10 cm or more will occur at station B once in 30 successive years?

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Water is flowing in a canal of width 5 m at a rate of 20 cumec. The average diameter of the particles of the medium through which water is flowing is 0.53 mm. What is the Lacy scour depth of the canal?

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Find the infiltration rate constant (in hr-1) if the initial infiltration capacity was 15 mm/hr and final infiltration capacity was 0.8 mm/hr, and the total of 50 mm of water infiltrated during a 20-hour interval.

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A triangular direct runoff hydrograph due to a storm has a time base of 90 hours. The peak flow of 60 m3/s at 20 hours from the start of the storm. The area of the catchment is 300 km2. The rainfall excess of storm (in cm, up to two decimal places) is _____.

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A rain gauge station 'X' was inoperative for some time, during which a storm occurred. The storm readings at the 3 stations A, B, C surrounding X were 6.6 cm, 4.8 cm, and 3.7 cm respectively. The normal annual precipitations at stations 'X', A, B, and C are 65.6 cm, 72.6 cm, 51.8 cm, and 38.2 cm respectively. Estimate the precipitation data of station X using the normal ratio method.

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