Hydrology Quiz: Key Concepts and Terminology
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What is the definition of bankfull discharge?

  • Discharge conveyed in a water course without overtopping the banks. (correct)
  • Discharge conveyed when overtopping occurs.
  • Discharge when the stream is completely dry.
  • Discharge during a storm event exceeding its average.
  • Which term describes the area that has a common outlet for its surface runoff?

  • Drainage basin
  • Catchment area (correct)
  • Hydrological unit
  • Floodplain
  • What does the term climatic change refer to?

  • Variability in weather patterns within a single year.
  • Annual fluctuations in precipitation levels.
  • Minor changes in local temperature over a season.
  • Significant change observed in the climate of a region between two reference periods. (correct)
  • What does the term 'base-width of a flood hydrograph' refer to?

    <p>Time interval of direct runoff produced by a storm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is indicated by the coefficient of determination?

    <p>The proportion of variance in the dependent variate explained by independent variates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the average year in hydrology?

    <p>Year for which observed hydrological quantity equals long term average.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of a climatological station for hydrological purposes?

    <p>To augment existing climatological networks for hydrological needs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describes bankfull stage?

    <p>Stage at which a stream just overflows its natural banks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a depletion curve represent?

    <p>A decreasing rate of runoff or discharge due to depletion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a datum level in hydrology?

    <p>To relate elevations to a defined horizontal reference surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'design storm' refer to?

    <p>The specific rainfall distribution used to define a potential flood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is detention storage defined in hydrological terms?

    <p>Precipitation temporarily stored before entering the stream system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes a depth-area-duration analysis?

    <p>An assessment of the relationship between rainfall depth and area during a storm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a depth-duration curve illustrate?

    <p>The relationship between average rainfall depth and storm duration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes deterministic hydrology?

    <p>Analyzing hydrological processes through a deterministic lens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does depression storage refer to in hydrology?

    <p>Volume of water needed to fill small depressions to overflow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of a hydrological network?

    <p>To study the hydrological regime within a specific area</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which element is commonly measured at a hydrological observing station?

    <p>Water temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines the hydrological regime?

    <p>Seasonal variations in a water body's state and characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is hydrometry primarily concerned with?

    <p>The measurement and analysis of water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describes a hydrometric station?

    <p>A point for obtaining data on water in rivers and lakes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'hydrosphere' refer to?

    <p>All the water and ice covering the Earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a hydrological year?

    <p>A continuous 12-month period with minimal storage changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect does hydrometeorology emphasize?

    <p>The relationship between land and atmospheric phases of the hydrological cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the intensity-duration-frequency curve represent?

    <p>The probability of various short-period rainfall rates for different durations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an instantaneous unit hydrograph?

    <p>A unit hydrograph from a unit amount of effective precipitation applied instantly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does an isohyet line represent?

    <p>Equally received amounts of precipitation over a specified time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is described by the lag-time in hydrology?

    <p>The time from the centre of mass of rainfall to the peak of runoff</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a kurtosis measure in a frequency distribution?

    <p>The flatness of the frequency distribution or probability curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is lateral inflow?

    <p>Water inflow along a river, lake, or reservoir from adjacent catchment areas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which method estimates quantities like mean velocity in vertical measurements?

    <p>Integration method</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is limnology?

    <p>The science that studies lakes and reservoirs including hydrological phenomena</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'normals' refer to in meteorological studies?

    <p>Period averages calculated over at least thirty consecutive years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describes 'overland flow'?

    <p>Flow of water over the ground before it enters a definite channel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the median in the context of a continuous frequency distribution?

    <p>The value that divides total frequency into two equal halves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is 'orographic precipitation' caused by?

    <p>The ascent of moist air over orographic barriers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'peak discharge' refer to?

    <p>The maximum instantaneous discharge of a given hydrograph</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is defined as the least value of discharge in a stream during a hydrological year?

    <p>Minimum annual discharge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by 'parametric hydrology'?

    <p>Method using a deterministic approach to analyze hydrological responses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a distribution, what is the mode?

    <p>The value that occurs most frequently</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the adjustment of model parameters to achieve the best agreement between observed data and model output?

    <p>Model calibration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes 'outflow'?

    <p>Water discharged from a lake, stream, or reservoir</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of a 'n-year event' in hydrology?

    <p>A hydrological event with a return period of n years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of meteorological radar?

    <p>To detect and locate objects using electromagnetic radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What indicates 'outliers' in a sample?

    <p>Values significantly different from the rest of the data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is a model defined in the context of hydrology?

    <p>A mathematical representation of a basin or water system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a moment represent in statistical terms?

    <p>The mean value of a power of a variate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a medium-term hydrological forecast?

    <p>A forecast for a period of two to ten days</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Hydrology Terminology

    • Accumulative Precipitation Gauge: A precipitation gauge used at stations visited infrequently, typically at long intervals.
    • Active Basin Area: The basin area excluding undrained parts.
    • Actual Evaporation: The amount of water evaporated from an open water surface or the ground.
    • Actual Evapotranspiration: The total amount of water evaporated from soil and plants with natural moisture content.
    • Advection: The transfer of air-mass properties by atmospheric velocity.
    • Altitude: Vertical distance from mean sea level.
    • Annual Exceedence Series: A series of values of independent events (e.g., floods) exceeding a base value, the number of values equivalent to the years in the record.
    • Annual Flood: The highest peak discharge within a water year, or a flood equalled or exceeded on average once per year.
    • Annual Flow: The total volume of water flowing out of a drainage basin or river basin in a year.
    • Annual Maximum Series: A series of extreme-value data with the largest annual values.
    • Annual Minimum Series: A series of extreme-value data with the smallest annual values.
    • Annual Runoff: The total volume of water flowing out of a drainage basin or river basin in a year.
    • Annual Series: Data representing some characteristic or element for each year in a series of years.
    • Annual Storage: The volume of water that can be held in a reservoir to compensate for seasonal variations in inflow and demand.
    • Annual Storage Capacity: The volume of water that can be held in a reservoir to compensate for seasonal variations in inflow and demand.
    • Antecedent Precipitation Index: A weighted summation of past daily precipitation amounts used to gauge soil moisture.

    Other Terms

    • Area-Elevation Curve: A curve that displays the part of a river basin above a specified elevation.
    • Areal Precipitation: An average precipitation depth over a specific area.
    • Areal Reduction Factor (of Rainfall): The ratio of mean areal rainfall to mean point rainfall for the same duration and return period.
    • Arithmetic Mean: The sum of values divided by the number of values.
    • Automatic Station: A station with instruments that automatically record and potentially transmit data.
    • Average: Typically the arithmetic mean.
    • Average Velocity: Discharge divided by the cross-sectional area perpendicular to the flow direction.
    • Average Year: A year in which the observed hydrological or meteorological data approximately matches the long-term average.
    • Bankfull Discharge: The maximum discharge that a watercourse can convey without overflowing its banks.
    • Bankfull Stage: The stage at which a stream overflows its banks.
    • Base Width (of a Flood Hydrograph): The time interval between the start and end of direct runoff following a storm.
    • Basin: Drainage area of a stream, river, or lake.
    • Basin Response: A measure of how a basin reacts to a meteorological event.
    • Basin Response: A measure of how a basin reacts to a meteorological event.
    • Base-width (of a flood hydrograph): Time interval between the beginning and end of direct runoff from a storm.
    • Base flow: Portion of stream discharge that is not directly attributable to recent rainfall or snowmelt.
    • Basin: Area drained by a stream, river or lake.
    • Bubble Gauge: A gauge for measuring water level using a gas-purged system.
    • Calibration: Experimental determination of the relationship between a measured quantity and the instrument's indication.
    • Catchment: Area having a common outlet for surface runoff.
    • Catchment Area: Area having a common outlet for surface runoff.
    • Catchment Response: How a basin reacts to a meteorological event.
    • Channel Frequency: Number of stream segments of all orders in a basin, divided by the area.
    • Channel Network: Natural or man-made drainage channels within an area.
    • Clear Overflow Weir: Weir with no tailwater submergence.
    • Climate: Synthesis of weather conditions in a region, based on long-term statistics of meteorological elements.
    • Climatic Change: Significant change in the climate of a region.
    • Climatic Year: Continuous 12-month period encompassing a complete annual climatic cycle.
    • Climatological Station for Hydrological Purposes: Station specifically established to collect climatological data to aid in hydrological analysis in a specific drainage basin.
    • Coefficient of Determination: Square of the correlation coefficient showing the proportion of variance explained.
    • Coefficient of Variation: Standard deviation divided by the mean, representing the relative variability.
    • Compound Weir: Weir comprising two or more sections of different types and dimensions.
    • Conceptual Hydrological Model: A simplified mathematical representation of hydrological processes.
    • Conditional Probability: Probability of an event given the occurrence of another event.
    • Confidence Interval: An interval likely to contain a true value.
    • Confidence Limits: Values defining the range of a confidence interval.
    • Constant Rate Dilution Gauging: Method of determining the flow rate based on adding a tracer of known concentration.
    • Continental Hydrology: Hydrological processes in continental regions, with emphasis on the continental phase of the water cycle.
    • Continuity Equation: Relationship describing the conservation of mass of flowing matter.
    • Convective Precipitation: Precipitation caused by convective motions in the atmosphere.
    • Correlation: Interdependence between two measurable quantities.
    • Correlation Coefficient: Measure of the interdependence between two quantities, often based on covariance and standard deviations.
    • Crest Gauge: Device for measuring the highest water level.
    • Cumulative Precipitation Gauge: A precipitation gauge for accumulating and recording rainfall, often used at stations visited infrequently.
    • Cup-Type Current Meter: A current meter that uses cups for measuring water velocity.

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