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ERS 482/682 Small Watershed Hydrology. Preliminaries. Syllabus Schedule Background Survey. Hydrology. The science that deals with the waters of the earth and their occurrence, distribution, and circulation at the surface, underground, and in the atmosphere. Figure 1.1 (Manning 1987).
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Preliminaries • Syllabus • Schedule • Background Survey
Hydrology The science that deals with the waters of the earth and their occurrence, distribution, and circulation at the surface, underground, and in the atmosphere. Figure 1.1 (Manning 1987)
Example: What is a waterbody? Small watershed hydrology • Issues • Often ungaged (i.e. little or no data) • Local variables may dominate • Temporal/spatial variability may be important • Significance • Most watersheds are small! • TMDL assessment
Hydrologic cycle Figure 1.1 (Dunne & Leopold 1978)