ECE 2410 HYDROLOGY II

Assignment: 2018/2019

Question ONE
Two catchments A and B are assumed meteorologically similar. Their catchment
characteristics are as given below:
Catchment A Catchment B
Length L = 30 km Length L = 450 km
Lca = 15 km Lca = 25 km
Area A = 250 km2 Area A = 400 km2

For catchment A, a 2-hr unit hydrograph was developed and found to have a peak
discharge of 50 m3/s. The time to peak from the beginning of rainfall excess in this
hydrograph was found to be 9.0 hrs. Develop a unit hydrograph for catchment B
using Snyder’s approach and sketch it.

(15 marks)
Question TWO
Observed inflow and outflow hydrographs at the ends of a reach in a river are as
given below:
Time (hrs.) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66
Inflow (m3/s) 20 80 210 240 215 170 130 90 60 40 28 16
Outflow m(3/s) 20 20 50 150 200 210 185 155 120 85 55 23
Determine the best values of K and X for use in the Muskingum method of flood routing.

(10 marks)