Example 6.1

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Example 6.1: The recession limb of a hydrograph is given below.

The time is indicated from the arrival of


peak. Assuming the interflow component to be negligible, estimate the base flow and surface flow
recession coefficients. Also estimate the storage at the end of day-3.

Time from peak(hour) Discharge (m3/s)

0.0 90.0
0.5 66.0
1.0 34.0
1.5 20.0
2.0 13.0
2.5 9.0
3.0 6.7
3.5 5.0
4.0 3.8
4.5 3.0
5.0 2.6
5.5 2.2
6.0 1.8
6.5 1.6
7.0 1.5

Solution:
Qt = 11.033e-293t
R2 = 0.9805
ln = .0293
Krb = .746

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