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Streamflow and hydrograph learning objectives
1. Learn where to find electronic hydrology data and download it
2. Learn how to interpret hydrographs
3. Understand flood frequency terms and methods including binomial risk assessment
4. Understand watershed terminology
5. Learn how to use Manning’s equation and understand variables that go into it
6. Understand the continuity equation for streamflow
7. Learn how to measure velocity and compute discharge
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http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/geomorphology/lecture_outlines/02_runoff_generation.html
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RUNOFF
• Component of hydrologic cycle
• 3 generally acknowledge methods of generation of runoff– Hortonian overland flow (surface runoff)– Shallow subsurface runoff – Saturated overland flow (return flow)
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Types of Runoff Generation
Ground water
i > f Hortonian Overland Flow
Ground water
Saturated soil Saturated overlandflow
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Shallow subsurface flow
Sandy loamClay loam
Ground water
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Partial Area Runoff
Sandy loam
Ground water
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http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/geomorphology/lecture_outlines/02_runoff_generation.html
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10 m10 m
10 m 10 m
February 2003
July 2003
August 2003 September 2003
Figure 7. Schematic of lateral contraction of surface water expression observed around channel heads in stream at RotTags.
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What is a watershed?
• The land area that drains into a selected stream or water body
• Can by very small or very large
• Called catchments in the rest of the world
• Usually based on surface topography- subsurface features may not mimic surface ones as far as drainage is concerned
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Watershed areas
• Area is a basic piece of information that one needs for many purposes, e.g.,– Trees /area– Runoff / area– Soil nutrients / area– Watershed area defines the area that delivers
water, sediment and nutrients to a water body
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Graphic method of measuring areaCount the vertices within the area
• Each vertix represents the center of the area around it
Scale 51 vertices
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Graphic method for area
• Trace your watershed on vellum or other transparent paper
• Lay the area over gridded graph paper• Count the number of vertices• Use the scale on your map to figure out how
much area one square of your graph paper represents
• Multiple the area of one square by the number of vertices you counted
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Who measures water and watersheds?
USGS- US Geological SurveyUSBoR – US Bureau of ReclamationUSACOE – US Army Corp of EngineersUSFS – US Forest ServiceNRCS – National Resources Conservation ServiceUSEPA – US Environmental Protection AgencyUSFWS – US Fish and Wildlife ServiceNOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNMFS – National Marine Fisheries ServiceTRIBESCities, counties, states, schools
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• Watershed data– EPA Surf your watershed
http://www.epa.gov/surf/
• Climate data (national and international)http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Washington http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmwa.html
Examples of where to locate national data for watersheds and streams
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• Stream data- quantity and quality– USGS Water Resources Data
http://water.usgs.gov/data.html
• Soils data– http://soils.usda.gov/
• Aquatic biologic indicators– http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/
Examples of where to locate national data for watersheds and streams
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Runoff
Precipitation
Topography
Basin size
Basin shape
Soils
Geology
Land cover/land use
Aspect
Factors affecting runoff
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Factors Affecting Runoff
• Precipitation-– Type– Duration– Amount– Intensity– Design storm event– Direction of movement – Extent
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Watershed Factors that Affect Runoff
• Size- area of watershed
• Topography – slope of watershed
• Shape of watershed
• Aspect of watershed
• Geology
• Soil
• Land cover
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Effect of watershed area• 1mm of rain on 1km2 of watershed represents an input of 1,000 m3
of water or about 250,000 gallons of water.
• If you prefer, 1inch of water on a 1mile2 watershed represents an input of 17 million gallons of water.
• If a watershed, of 11 mile2 receives an annual precipitation of 40 inches, that is about 7.6 billion gallons of water each year or just over 1 billion ft3.
• If just 15% ran off, this would be an average discharge of 4.8 cfs.
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Watershed Factors that Affect Runoff
• Size- area of watershed• Topography – slope of watershed
– May include drainage density effects
• Shape of watershed• Aspect of watershed• Geology• Soil• Land cover
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Topography and drainage density
• Slope affects stream velocity
• Drainage density affects travel time of precipitation to channel
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Watershed Factors that Affect Runoff
• Size- area of watershed• Topography – slope of watershed
– May include drainage density effects
• Shape of watershed• Aspect of watershed• Geology• Soil• Land cover
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Effects of watershed shape on runoff
Higher runoff ratesMore likely to reach outlet at same time
Elevated rates may persist longeras runoff from upstream continues toarrive downstream
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Watershed Factors that Affect Runoff
• Size- area of watershed• Topography – slope of watershed
– May include drainage density effects
• Shape of watershed• Aspect of watershed• Geology• Soil• Land cover
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Effects of watershed aspect on runoff
• Aspect is the compass direction that the slope of the watershed faces
• Often minimized by variety and complexity of aspects throughout watershed
• Can affect air, water and soil temperature and therefore snowmelt rates and ET rates– And vegetation communities
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Watershed Factors that Affect Runoff
• Size- area of watershed• Topography – slope of watershed
– May include drainage density effects
• Shape of watershed• Aspect of watershed• Geology• Soil• Land cover
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Effects of watershed geology and soil on runoff
• Geology affects depth to bedrock
• Affects fracture rates and porosity of bedrock
• Geology affects soil properties such as texture and porosity which affect infiltration rates
• Geology affects groundwater divides and thus baseflow delivery
• Antecedent soil moisture level
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Watershed Factors that Affect Runoff
• Size- area of watershed• Topography – slope of watershed
– May include drainage density effects
• Shape of watershed• Aspect of watershed• Geology• Soil• Land cover
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Land cover effects on runoff
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Hydrographs
• Hydrographs depict water amount over time
• Integrate the watershed response to precipitation
• Units may be – stage (depth of water) in channel – discharge (volumetric rate) – depth of runoff (volume in channel / area of
watershed)
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Fig. 5.1
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Fig. 5.3
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Fig. 5.13
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Fig. 5.14
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Hydrographs
• Can depict an event
• Can depict a season or year
• Can depict longer periods
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http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/nws/hh/basins/lwscsh.html
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Hourly data
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Daily stream discharge for January 2004
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Peak Flow (cfs) Mercer Creek
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http://biology.queensu.ca/~bio111/pdf%20files/lect4-biogeochemistry.PDF
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http://biology.queensu.ca/~bio111/pdf%20files/lect4-biogeochemistry.PDF