You know that the forest vegetation that covers a 120 km 2 wildland watershed uses an average
Question:
You know that the forest vegetation that covers a 120 km2 wildland watershed uses an average of 4 mm of water per day during the summer. You also know that the soil averages 150 cm in depth and at field capacity can store 0.2 mm of water per mm of soil depth. However, at the beginning of the season the soil was quite dry, holding an average of only 0.1 mm/mm. As the watershed manager, you are asked to predict how much water will be carried by the streams draining the watershed during the 90-day summer period when 450 mm of precipitation falls on the area. Use the water balance equation to make a rough prediction of the stream discharge as a percentage of the precipitation and in cubic meters of water.
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The Nature and Properties of Soils
ISBN: 978-0132279383
14th edition
Authors: Nyle C. Brady, Ray R. Weil