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Flood Hydrographs 📊📈 Flashcards

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Peak Discharge?

A

Maximum discharge following rainfall event!!

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Peak Rainfall?!?!

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Highest rate of precipitation during rainfall event

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Lag Time?!

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Time between peak rainfall and peak discharge

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Rising Limb?!?

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Increasing discharge as storm water enters the river Chanel

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Receding Limb?!?!

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Falling discharge back to base level!!

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How is rainfall presented on a graph?

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Bar chart

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How is discharge presented?!?!

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Always a line graph

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Base Flow?!?!

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Starting and finishing flow of the river either side of increased discharge

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