Hydrologic Cycle

A symmetrical trapezoidal canal is 100 km long. The bottom width is 10 m and the side slope is 1 Horizontal : 1 Vertical. The average flow depth in the canal is 2.5 m throughout the month of April. The measurement from a...

The mean rainfall over a catchment has to be estimated. The data for four rain gauges located in and around the catchment is listed in the table. Which one of the following statements is correct: $$ \begin{array}{|l|c|c|...

A storm with a recorded precipitation of 11.0 cm, as shown in the table, produced a direct run-off of 6.0 cm. Time from start (hours) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Recorded cumulative precipitation (cm) 0.5 1.5 3.1 5.5 7.3 8.9 10.2 11...

Which one of the following options provides the correct match of the terms listed in Column-1 and Column-2? Column-1 Column-2 P: Horton equation IV: Infiltration Q: Muskingum method V: Channel routing R: Penman method II...

In Horton’s equation fitted to the infiltration data for a soil, the initial infiltration capacity is 10 mm/h; final infiltration capacity is 5 mm/h; and the exponential decay constant is 0.5 /h. Assuming that the infilt...

Match Column X with Column Y : Column X Column Y (P) Horton equation (I) Design of alluvial channel (Q) Penman method (II) Maximum flood discharge (R) Chezy's formula (III) Evapotranpiration (S) Lacey's theory (IV) Infil...

The average surface area of a reservoir in the month of June is 20 km 2 . In the same month, the average rate of inflow is 10 m 3 /s, outflow rate is 15 m 3 /s, monthly rainfall is 10 cm, monthly seepage loss is 1.8 cm a...

In a catchment, there are four rain-gauge stations, P, Q, R, and S. Normal annual precipitation values at these stations are 780 mm, 850 mm, 920 mm, and 980 mm, respectively. In the year 2013, stations Q, R, and S, were...

An isohyet is a line joining points of

The ratio of actual evapo-transpiration to potential evapo-transpiration is in the range

During a 6-hour storm the rainfall intensity was 0.8 cm/hr on a catchment of area 8.6 km 2 . The measured runoff volume during this period was 2,56,000 m 3 . The total rainfall was lost due to infiltration, evaporation a...

Hyetograph is a graph representing

Lysimeter and Tensiometer are used to measure respectively, one of the following groups of quantities:

A tropical cyclone in a northern hemisphere is a wind stream with