The Relation of Rainfall to Run-Off (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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It has also been discussed in other publications, but so far as known to the writer the Transactions of the American Society contain the most complete discussion of the subject that can be found in English engineering literature.

AS a result of many years' study of the problem indicated by the title of this paper the writer has come to the conclusion that no gen eral formula is likely to be found expressing accurately the relation of rainfall to the run-off of streams, for streams vary widely in their behavior, and when they do agree the agreement is usually accidental. As a' general proposition we may say that every stream is a law unto itself.

The final formula of run-off for a given stream, therefore, will differ in some particulars from that for every other, except that there may be accidental resemblances as regards slope, shape of catchment area, or some other peculiarity. It is, however, true that an empirical formula may be made for certain classes of streams which will give approximately the run-off for a series of years.

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