storm hydrograph

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What is the storm hydrograph?
a chart that shows how discharge of a stream or river responds to a period of precipitation
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What's the rising limb?
the increase in discharge in response to precipitation. The more rapid the response the steeper the rising limb
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What's peak flow?
the maximum discharge in response to a precipitation event
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What's the falling limb?
when discharge declines after peak flow
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What's the lag time?
the difference between the time of maximum precipitation and the peak discharge
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what's stormflow?
the proportion of the total discharge contributed by the precipitation event
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What's base flow?
the proportion of the total discharge contributed by water stored in permeable rocks, soils and vegetation
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What's the rising limb?

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the increase in discharge in response to precipitation. The more rapid the response the steeper the rising limb

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What's peak flow?

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