Practice Features (10.1) - Runoff and Surface Water Hydrology - Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering

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Question 1.
What is runoff?
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Think about rain and where that water goes.
Question 2.
Name one factor that affects runoff volume.
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Consider how different soil absorbs water.
3Question 3.
What portion of precipitation is considered runoff?
- Only rainfall
- Precipitation that flows after accounting for losses
- Subsurface water
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Recall what happens to rain that collects on the ground.
4Question 4.
True or False: A higher Curve Number indicates increased infiltration.
- True
- False
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Think about impervious surfaces.
Question 5.
Calculate the runoff volume from a watershed with 100 mm of precipitation, a Curve Number of 80, and an initial abstraction of 0.2 times S.
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Understand the equation well to substitute and solve.
Question 6.
Analyze how the increasing urbanization in a watershed might impact hydrograph shapes and what management strategies could be implemented.
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Relate changes in the environment to runoff management solutions.

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