26.7 - Infiltration in Hydrologic Modeling
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Practice Questions
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What is infiltration?
💡 Hint: Think about water movement from surface to soil.
Name one method that uses infiltration in hydrologic modeling.
💡 Hint: Remember, these are common hydrologic modeling methods.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is infiltration?
💡 Hint: Focus on where the water is moving to.
True or False: Saturation-excess runoff is triggered when the rate of rainfall exceeds the infiltration capacity.
💡 Hint: Think about how saturation impacts runoff.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a watershed with a known infiltration rate, calculate the expected runoff during a heavy rain event if the rain exceeds the infiltration limit. Discuss the implications if the model underestimates infiltration.
💡 Hint: Remember to focus on what happens when infiltration is less than rainfall.
Analyze a case study of a recent flood event in your area. What role did soil infiltration play, and how could different modeling techniques have changed the flood predictions?
💡 Hint: Look into historical data and model predictions regarding infiltration.
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