Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1. The shape of the drainage basin can be approximated by a polygon, whose vertices are located at the following coordinates: (5,
5), (-5, 5), (-5,-5), (0.-10), and (5,-5). The rainfall amounts of a storm were recorded by a number of rain gages situated within
and nearby the basin as follows:
All coordinates are expressed in kilometers. Determine the average rainfall on the basin by (a) arithmetic-mean method,
(b) the Thiessen method, and (c) the isohyetal method. Hints: For the Thiessen method, begin by drawing the polygon around
gage 9, then draw the polygons around gages 2,3,5,and 7; for the isohyetal method, draw isohyets with the maximum rainfall on
a ridge running southwest to northeast through (-3,3).
Solution:
Σ(𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙)
𝑃=
𝑛
63 + 59 + 41 + 39 + 105 + 98 + 60 + 41 + 81
𝑃=
9
587
𝑃=
9
𝑃 = 65.22𝑚𝑚
𝑃 = 80.08𝑚𝑚
9306.5
𝑃=
133
𝑃 = 69.97𝑚𝑚
Area of Basin
6
2
X-Axis
0
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
-12
Y-Axis
2
X-Axis
0
-12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
-12
Y-Axis
⌊(25−−25)+(25−−25)+(50−−5)+(−5−−15)+(25−−25)⌋
Area of basin= = 107.5 𝑘𝑚2
2