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unit hydrograph

GATE Civil Engineering · Runoff & Hydrograph · 2018-2025

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2025 Q20

To derive the total flood hydrograph at a catchment outlet from an isolated storm, the order in which the following methods are applied, from the first method to the last method, i...

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2025 Q59

The peak of flood hydrograph due to a 3-hour duration storm in a catchment is 180 m³/s. The total rainfall depth is 6.6 cm. It can be assumed that the average infiltration loss is...

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2025 PYQ

The peak of flood hydrograph due to a 3 -hour duration storm in a catchment is $180 \mathrm{~m}^3 / \mathrm{s}$. The total rainfall depth is 6.6 cm . It can be assumed that the ave...

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2024 Q56

The ordinates of a 1-hour unit hydrograph (UH) are given below. Time (hours): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Ordinates of 1-hour UH (m³/s): 0, 13, 50, 80, 95, 85, 55, 35, 15,...

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2024 PYQ

The ordinates of a 1-hour unit hydrograph (UH) are given below. Time (hours) 0 1 2 3 4 5 Ordinates of 1-hour UH (m 3 /s) 0 13 50 80 95 85 Time (hours) 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ordinates of 1-...

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2023 Q34

The ordinates of a one-hour unit hydrograph for a catchment are given below: | t (hour) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Q (m³/s) | 0 | 9 |...

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2023 PYQ

The ordinates of a one-hour unit hydrograph for a catchment are given below: $$ \begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline t(\text { hour }) & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\ \hlin...

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2022 Q56

A two-hour duration storm event with uniform excess rainfall of 3 cm occurred on a watershed. The ordinates of streamflow hydrograph resulting from this event are given in the tabl...

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2022 PYQ

A two-hour duration storm event with uniform excess rainfall of 3 cm occurred on a watershed. The ordinates of streamflow hydrograph resulting from this event are given in the tabl...

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2021 Q22

A 12-hour unit hydrograph (of 1 cm excess rainfall) of a catchment is of a triangular shape with a base width of 144 hour and a peak discharge of 23 m³/s. The area of the catchment...

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2019 Q50

The ordinates, u, of a 2-hour unit hydrograph (i.e., for 1 cm of effective rain), for a catchment are shown in the table. A 6-hour storm occurs over the catchment such that the eff...

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2018 Q24

The ordinates of a 2-hour unit hydrograph for a catchment are given as Time (h) 0 1 2 3 4 Ordinate (m³/s) 0 5 12 25 41 The ordinate (in m³/s) of a 4-hour unit hydrograph for this c...

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2018 Q51

An effective rainfall of 2-hour duration produced a flood hydrograph peak of 200 m³/s. The flood hydrograph has a base flow of 20 m³/s. If the spatial average rainfall in the water...

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