EESB18H3 Lecture : Should contain everything covered in lecture
10 Nov 2010
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S for example 20mm of rain would mean in 1 m2 there would be. S ex: hazel in 1954 or katrina in 2005: monsoon. S ex: pakistani floods began in july 2010 following heavy monsoon rains. N watershed (drainage basin: the upstream area from which surface water flows towards the channel, drainage divide topographic line or boundary separating watersheds. N 99. 9% of all rivers flow only to one ocean/sea/etc: one exception is two ocean. N river flow and sediment transport: discharge q (m3/s) . S can show how long flooding is and when the peak of it is: stream gradient & floodplains. S gradient slope of the river channel; typically decreases downstream. S floodplain relatively flat lowland that borders a river, usually dry but subject to flooding www. notesolution. com. S base level an elevation that a stream cannot erode, controlled by level of the body of water that the stream discharges into.
