Introduction to aL MAN LC) a Fy} & yy is S B Es s Fy 8 UE Z S es 5 8 a PSPs Aga R URGES SIANee llll——s— Frans Vani Maro — 2004 I Introduction to } Flood Hydrology — J HAARHOFF & AM CASSA JUTAncn Food ycaony ha ana Company Us POBox 1473, Lansdoane, 779, Cap Tw, South Aca (©2000 Jute & Company Lt ‘ngs esevs. No pro hie publiston ay be ropredod or anemia any form ory ary means, cvonc or mechanical nla phoncopyng recog, or any inom serage of tiea sytem, But por permission wring fom th pbtshe. ‘Subjctn any apical leaning ee an condion thease florea upped pubieators a pesn may engage nae dealg wth a opy of ths pblean fr hs oF Doral opie use of sore esarnor rite study See Seton 2} ne Cope act aa 878 Pubic Mina Nae Project Manager Marine Croty or Paul Cater Protease Ets Che ‘ypesotlr Geman Rojan & Thana pina Cover desi: neaves No Pneain South rea by Mis Lab, Mattana, Cape Towe “Ta autor ante puer neve made every oft bia permis fo ara senledga he use of apy atria What ary fegeart ol coy has ‘eeu, the pubes wou begat frit a wl enable ey ary fmiesans or eros ute ene Contents Ls of ques and Tables List of Equations Foruia sheet 1 South Afcan Flood Hycology 111 Inredation 12 Development of Sout Altea hydrology 13 Caton 1.4 The nature of mathematical elatonships. 1.5 Hydrological regions of South Africa 1L6 Hydrological data for Vaal River catchment (singe region C), 1.7 Zooming in on quaternary catchment C228. 1L8 Bibliography. 2 Point and veal Preciptation 2.1 Moisture and the almosphere 22. Precipitation mechanisms 23 Empirically observed precipitation maxima 24. The genera incensty ~ duration relationship, 25 Estimation of pont precipitation in South Aca 2.6. Estimation of areal precipitation from measured point precipitation. 2.7 Estimation of areal preepitation from point prespitation maxima 28 Bibliography. Example 21. Example 22. Bxample 23. 3 Catchment Properties 3.1 South Asian maps 3.2. Thedelineaton of catchments 33 Determination of catchment ae. 34 Long sections of watercourses 3.5. Estimation of average catchment slope 3.6. Bibliography. Example 31. Example 32. 4. Flood Estimation by the Rational Method, 4.1 Assumptions and restietons 42 ‘Storm duration and ine of concentration. 43 Estimation of the run-off coefcient C using lookup tales. 44 Estimation of the run-off cocficint C using the DWA's method 43 Dealing wit age areas of open wate...