 | Stream measurements - 1916 - 532 pages
...assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off (depth in inches)" is the depth to which the drainage area...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet and is the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Water Supply Commission - Water-supply - 1916 - 530 pages
...area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly in time and area. "Ruu-off in inches" is the depth to which the drainage area...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, 'which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Gage height" is a term used to indicate the fluctuating stages... | |
 | Irrigation - 1916 - 768 pages
...as regards tune and area. "Run-off depth in inches" is the depth to which the drainage area would bo covered if all the water flowing from it in a given...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth of inches. An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet and is the... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Irrigation - 1916 - 994 pages
...the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing runoff with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth of inches. An "acre-foot," equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, is the quantity... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Water Supply Commission - Water-supply - 1917 - 284 pages
...from each square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly in time and area. "Run-off in inches" is the depth to...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Gage height" is a term used to indicate the fluctuating stages... | |
 | David Barker Rushmore, Eric A. Lof - Hydroelectric power plants - 1917 - 854 pages
...assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. " Depth in niches " is the depth to which the drainage area would be covered...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in niches. An " acre-foot " is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the... | |
 | Missouri. Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources - Geology - 1917 - 1040 pages
...the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in inches. In each table of monthly discharge in this report the column headed "Maximum"... | |
 | Canada. Water resources division - Water-supply - 1917 - 1366 pages
...drainage area would be cover if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniform distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, whl is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is... | |
 | Canals - 1917 - 486 pages
...covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed over the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed as depth in inches. CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS The following is a list of convenient... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1917 - 946 pages
...covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed over the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed as depth in inches. CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS The following is a list of convenient... | |
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Run-off in inches" is the depth to which the drainage area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed... 
