Lakes Reserovirs and Storage

Question 1

largest lake

Answer 1

taupo

Question 2

reservoir def

Answer 2

man made lakes

Question 3

three storage types for reservoir

Answer 3

active-used for everything
dead-storage required for sediment collection
flood storage-capacity reserved

Question 4

Rippl method issues

Answer 4

reservoir release needs to be constant
assumnes future hydrology like past hydrology
factors like evap that depend on elevation cant be factored

Question 5

sequent peak formula

Answer 5

Kt=Rt-Qt+K(t-1)

Kt=0 otherwise

Question 6

sequent peak advatnage over ripple

Answer 6

release rate can chage