Practice Features - 10.1 | Runoff and Surface Water Hydrology | Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering
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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is runoff?

💡 Hint: Think about rain and where that water goes.

Question 2 Easy

Name one factor that affects runoff volume.

💡 Hint: Consider how different soil absorbs water.

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Question 1

What portion of precipitation is considered runoff?

Only rainfall
Precipitation that flows after accounting for losses
Subsurface water

💡 Hint: Recall what happens to rain that collects on the ground.

Question 2

True or False: A higher Curve Number indicates increased infiltration.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about impervious surfaces.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

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.

💡 Hint: Understand the equation well to substitute and solve.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze how the increasing urbanization in a watershed might impact hydrograph shapes and what management strategies could be implemented.

💡 Hint: Relate changes in the environment to runoff management solutions.

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