BASE-FLOW SEPERATION PROBLEM

The following are the ordinates of the hydrograph of flow from a catchment area of 770 km2 due
to a 6-h rainfall. Separate base flow to get DRH and runoff depth.

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 Flood Hydrograph

450

Discharge,Q(m3/s)
400 400

360
350 350

300

270
250

215
200 205

150
145

100 100
65 70
50 50 42
40

0
0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78

Time (h)
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 Flood Hydrograph Base Flow

450 Flood Hydrograph Base Flow DRH

450
400 400
400 400
360
350 350 360
350 360 350

300
300 320
310
270
Discharge,Q(m3/s)

270

Discharge,Q(m3/s)
250
250

215 215 229

200 205 200 205

175
150 145 150 164 145

100 100
100 100 104
65 70
65 70 50 50
50 50 40 58 42
40 42
40 40 40 40 40 40 41 41 41 42 42 42 42 25 28
0
00 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 8
66 72
0 78
0
0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78
Time (h)
Time (h)

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 DRH

400

360
350 Direct Runoff Volume = Area under the curve
320 = 38.4696x106 m3
310
300 =38.4696 Mm3

250 Runoff depth = Runoff Volume/Basin Area

Discharge,Q(m3/s)

229 = 38.4696 Mm3/770x106

200 = 5 cm
175
164
150

100 104

50
58
25 28
0 0 8 0
0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78

Time (h)

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 TO GET UNIT HYDROGRAPH,
DIVIDE THE ORDINATES OF
DRH BY ITS DEPTH.

Here, in this example problem,

the depth is 5 cm.

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 400

360
350

320
310
300

250

229

200

175
DRH
150
164 UH

100 104

72 58
50 64 62
25
45.8 28
35 32.8
20.8 8
0 0
0 5 10 20 30 40 50
11.6 5.6
60 70
0
80
0 1.6 0

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