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Hydro Ass 1
Hydro Ass 1
Hydro Ass 1
1 Two and half centimeters of rain per day over an area of 200 km 2 is
equivalent to average rate of input of how many cubic meters per second
of water to that area?
1.2 The watershed at a site on a stream has 77000 ha area. The mean annual
precipitation at this place is 950 mm. (i) If 25% of the rainfall reaches the
basin outlet as stream flow, estimate the mean annual flow rate of the
stream in m3/s. (ii) If watershed treatment including afforestation, causes
the runoff rate to reduce to 22%, what is the increase in the volume of
abstraction from all causes for the same mean annual rainfall of 950 mm?
1.6 Estimate the residence time of the following by using Tables 1.1 and 1.2.
(a) Global atmospheric moisture
(b) Global groundwater by assuming that only the freshwater runs off to the
oceans
(c) Ocean water