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Rainfall-Runoff Relation
Rainfall-Runoff Relation
Rainfall-Runoff Relation
DEFINITION
Hydrology RELATION
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Rainfall Intensity Rainfall Duration Rainfall Distribution
- Heavy rain falling in excess of the infiltration - The longer the rain continues, the smaller - A uniform distributed rainfall volume may
capacity of the soil will largely contribute to will the infiltration capacity become, and the lead to delayed runoff then the same volume
surface runoff greater the amount of surface runoff is likely falling over a localised part of catchment
to be
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Vegetation Hydrograph
- Most important effect of the vegetal cover is - A plot of the discharge in a stream plotted
to slow down the movement of water over the against time chronologically
surface after rainfall, thus, allowing more
time for infiltration to take place. HYDROGRAPH
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Annual Hydrograph Monthly Hydrographs
It shows variations of daily or mean flow of any It shows the variations of daily mean flow over a
number of successive days over a year month
TYPES OF HYDROGRAPH
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