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Flood Hydrograph Living

The document shows rainfall and discharge data over 20 hours. Rainfall was highest at 10mm in the first hour and decreased over time. River discharge started at 30 cumecs, increased to a peak of 130 cumecs at 8 hours, then decreased over the following 12 hours. The graph illustrates the relationship between rainfall, runoff, and flooding.

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Flood Hydrograph Living

The document shows rainfall and discharge data over 20 hours. Rainfall was highest at 10mm in the first hour and decreased over time. River discharge started at 30 cumecs, increased to a peak of 130 cumecs at 8 hours, then decreased over the following 12 hours. The graph illustrates the relationship between rainfall, runoff, and flooding.

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Time (Hours)
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Flood Hydrographs

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Discharge (cumecs)

Hours 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Time (hours) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Rainfall Discharge
10 30 40 25 15 5 30 35 45 80 130 100 70 50 40 35 30
(mm) (cumecs)
Peak Rainfall Falling Limb

The hour of greatest rainfall during the storm. The period of time when the river’s discharge is
falling after it has reached Peak Discharge.

Peak Discharge Storm Runoff

The point (time) of maximum river discharge caused The discharge of the river above Normal Flow,
by the storm. caused by the Storm Event.

Lag Time Normal Flow

The time between Peak Rainfall and Peak Discharge. The average level of flow (discharge) of the river
Many factors can affect the Lag Time such as the caused by water flowing into the river from
weather, vegetation and man-made surfaces. tributaries and groundwater.

Rising Limb Storm Event

The period of rising river discharge following a The storm (period of rainfall).
period of rainfall.
On the car radio, Mrs Jones hears a bulletin
from the Environment Agency issuing a flood
Mrs Jones runs outside to take her washing in.
warming for the river, as rising levels threaten
to burst the banks.

Mrs Jones decides Mr Jones should clean out


The rain is beating so hard on the window that
the gutters next weekend, as the rainwater
John Jones has to turn the volume up on the
overflows the gutter and cascades down in
television.
front of the window.

Mr Jones notices that puddles that were on


Mrs Jones, on her way home from the shop,
the street have gone as he takes the dog for a
turns the windscreen wipers off on her car.
walk.

Mr Jones notices that the river is as high as On his way to work, Mr Jones, notices plastic
he has ever seen it, when he crosses the bags, weeds and other rubbish in the low
bridge on his way home. branches of the trees by the river.

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