Q. How much is a cubic foot per second?
Cubic feet per second (cfs): * 1 cubic foot per second = 7.4805 gallons flowing by a particular point in 1 second. * 1 cfs = 1.983 acre-feet per day = 646,320 gallons = 2447 cubic meters of water. * 1 cfs is equivalent to 448.8 gallons of water flowing per minute. * 1 cfs will produce 724 acre-feet of water per year.
Q. How do I convert CFS to GPM?
Multiply the number of cubic feet per second by 448.83 to convert directly from cubic feet per second to gallons per minute. In the example, check your answer by multiplying 42 by 448.83 to get 18,850.86 gallons per minute.
Q. What is the fastest part of a river?
1. Toward the middle of a river, water tends to flow fastest; toward the margins of the river it tends to flow slowest. 2. In a meandering river, water will tend to flow fastest along the outside bend of a meander, and slowest on the inside bend.
Q. How do you make a river flow faster?
A narrow channel that is V‐shaped or semicircular in cross section results in faster flow; a wide, shallow channel yields a slower flow because there is more friction between the water and the stream bed. A smooth channel offers less friction than a rocky or boulder‐strewn channel, resulting in faster flow.
Q. Which part has the weakest current?
Answer:Which part of the river has the weakest current? It becomes slower at the middle reaches and the slowest at the lower reaches. In the same place of the same river, the speed of the current also differs. Where a river runs straight, the current is faster in the center and slower near the riverbank.
Q. What are the three types of stream load?
Stream load is broken into three types: dissolved load, suspended load, and bed load (Ritter, 2006).
Q. Where does river flow fastest?
Q. How do you read the water level in a river?
In the simplest method, a current meter turns with the flow of the river or stream. The current meter is used to measure water velocity at predetermined points (subsections) along a marked line, suspended cableway, or bridge across a river or stream. The depth of the water is also measured at each point.
Q. What unit is river discharge measured in?
cfs
Q. What is river discharge measured in?
cubic feet per seconds
Q. How is streamflow measured?
Streamflow is measured as an amount of water passing through a specific point over time. The units used in the United States are cubic feet per second, while in majority of other countries cubic meters per second are utilized. One cubic foot is equal to 0.028 cubic meters.
Q. What factors affect streamflow?
Mechanisms that cause changes in streamflow
- Runoff from rainfall and snowmelt.
- Evaporation from soil and surface-water bodies.
- Transpiration by vegetation.
- Ground-water discharge from aquifers.
- Ground-water recharge from surface-water bodies.
- Sedimentation of lakes and wetlands.
Q. Why do we measure streamflow?
Streamflow information is required to determine how much water is available in different locations so the citizens can make informed decisions about growth and to help assure there is an adequate water supply even during periods of drought.
Q. Which way do streams flow?
In streams, water always flows downhill, but the form that downhill movement takes varies with rock type, topography, and many other factors.
Q. How do streams start?
All rivers and streams start at some high point. The high point can be a mountain, hill, or other elevated area. Water from some source like a spring, snow melt, or a lake starts at this high point and begins to flow down to lower points. These streams may slowly join together to form a larger stream or river.
Q. Do rivers change direction?
Rivers changing direction is relatively common, according to the scientists, but is usually caused by tectonic forces, landslides or erosion. …
Q. Did Amazon river flow backwards?
South America’s winding Amazon River flows in an easterly direction across the continent, dumping water into the Atlantic Ocean. But in eons past, it flowed from east-to-west and, for a time, in both directions at once, a new study finds.
Q. What river flows both ways?
Hudson River
Q. What are the only two rivers in the world that flow north?
Johns River and the Nile River are the only two rivers in the world that flow north.” In this editorial he explains that there are hundreds of rivers that flow north and; in fact, the St. Johns River flows south as well.
Q. What’s the fastest river in the world?
Amazon
Q. Can a river run backwards?
A second river that has seen a reversal of flow is the Mississippi River after Hurricane Isaac in 2012. The Mississippi River also reversed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Rivers flowing backwards is a common occurrence during hurricanes alongside coastal routes around the world.
Q. Is there a river that flows uphill?
This interesting illustration from the June 1921 issue of New Science and Invention demonstrates that the Mississippi River (or any river flowing toward the equator) actually flows uphill. It is higher at the equator than it is at the poles. …
Q. Why does the Nile flow backwards?
Running south to north may seem backward to many people, but the flow of a body of water has nothing to do with geographical orientation. Rather, rivers simply run from high ground to lower ground. High ground in Africa just happens to be in the south, low ground in the north.
Q. Do rivers only flow one way?
It is a common misconception that all rivers flow south or all rivers in the Northern Hemisphere flow towards the equator. However, the truth is that, like all objects, rivers flow downhill because of gravity. Also, rivers not only follow one direction; some turn and twist in several directions. …
