Environmental Science and Engineering
GATE ES concept:unit-hydrographs PYQs
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Question 34
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An S-hydrograph was prepared for a catchment of 240 km² using 3-hour unit hydrograph (1 cm rainfall excess). The equilibrium discharge for the S-hydrograph would be __________ (in m³/s, rounded off to two decimal places).
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The following figure shows a 2-hour unit hydrograph (1 cm rainfall excess) for a catchment area of 540 hectare.

The peak discharge (in m
/s, rounded off to one decimal place) of the above unit hydrograph is __________Log in to check the answer
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