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Department of Civil Engineering

Harmattan Semester 2022/2023 Session


CVE 305: Hydrology

Assignment 001
Instruction: Answer All Questions
Submit on or before 24/11/2023 Date: 13/11/2023

1. What is hydrology?
2. With the aid of a well labeled diagrams, examine the various stages and processes of a
3. water cycle.
3. Discuss the importance of learning hydrology at University level.
4. Explain the sources of surface flow.
5. Discuss any five factors that could control the amount of runoff generated over a
watershed.
4.Discuss the significance of infiltration and examine the mechanics of water
storage and movement
in the soil.
5. Write short notes on the following.
a) Drainage basin
b) Drainage pattern
c) Flooding. (5marks)
d) Water flow patterns
e) Sediment transport.
6. Mention two different types of self-recording rain gauges and explain their working
principles. Support your answers with detailed diagrams.
7. With the aid of well - labelled diagram, describe the hydrologic cycle and explain how
evaporation can be reduced.
8 Compare convective rainfall with orographic rainfall and confirm if dew is really a form
of precipitation.

9. The runoff from the drainage basin or catchment area of a natural stream depends on
several factors, briefly discuss four of them.

10. Transpiration is controlled by the same factors that control simple evaporation from water
surface. List ten of them.

11. A storm commences at 8 hours. The ordinates of thia rainfall –mass curve of this storm in
mm, as recorded by a recording guage at 20 minutes intervals are 0, 8.5, 16.0, 25.0, 35.0,
45.0, 60.5, 80.5, 90.0, 100.0, 105.0, 110.5. Construct the hyetograph for this storm using
the graph sheet given to you at 20mins interval.

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