Mild slope channel followed by steep slope channel

Let us sketch the qualitative flow profiles in a mild slope channel followed by a steep slope channel
Obviously, the flow is uniform both upstream and downstream of the transition point as shown.
The five possible flow profiles, numbered from 1 to 5, over the transition in slope are shown in the
figure. For the flow profiles marked 1, the flow is uniform in the entire mild slope channel and the
flow passes from the uniform flow condition in the upstream channel to the uniform condition in
the downstream channel through an S1 profile in Zone 1 and an S2 profile in Zone 2 of the steep
channel. Obviously, this is an impossible case because an S1 profile must be a backwater curve, not
a drawdown curve, as shown in Fig. 6.4. In a similar way, the flow profiles marked 5, consisting of an
M2 profile in Zone 2 and an M3 profile in Zone 3 of the upstream mild slope channel, are also
impossible since the profile M3 must be a backwater curve. Proceeding in this way we come to the
conclusion that the flow profiles marked 3, consisting of an M2 drawdown profile in Zone 2 of the
upstream mild slope channel and an S2 drawdown profile in Zone 2 of the downstream steep slope
channel, are the only acceptable flow profiles. Obviously, the flow changes from subcritical in the
upstream mild slope channel to supercritical in the downstream steep slope channel which is
possible only through a hydraulic drop.