Practice - Base Flow Separation
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Practice Questions
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What does base flow represent in hydrology?
💡 Hint: Think about where water comes from during dry periods.
Name one method of base flow separation.
💡 Hint: Consider methods that draw lines on a graph.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is base flow?
💡 Hint: Consider which source of water is continuous.
True or False: The fixed percentage method is a graphical method.
💡 Hint: Think about how the method is applied.
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Challenge Problems
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A watershed received a significant rain event, causing a spike in the hydrograph. Using the straight-line method, sketch how you would approximate the base flow for this hydrograph.
💡 Hint: Look for the points where the streamflow appears steady.
You are given a hydrograph with both normal rainfall patterns and extreme runoff events. Describe how you would apply both the fixed percentage and digital filtering methods to analyze this data.
💡 Hint: Think about how statistics and technology can complement each other.
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