Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_0433 NAT • 2 Marks

Section 4: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Hydrology and Runoff

Subtopic: Hydrograph Analysis and Watershed Routing

Question Statement:

In Snyder's synthetic unit hydrograph, main stream length $L = 20\text{ km}$ and centroid distance $L_c = 10\text{ km}$ (so $L \cdot L_c = 200\text{ km}^2$). Given $200^{0.3} \approx 4.90$ and regional coefficient $C_t = 1.5$, basin lag $t_p = C_t (L L_c)^{0.3}$ in hours is (rounded off to one decimal place):

Answer Key:

7.4

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

$t_p = 1.5 \times 4.9037 = 7.355\text{ h} \approx 7.4\text{ h}$.
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