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EGEN 612 Applied Hydrology
Chapter 1
Introduction
Hydrologic Cycle
Systems Concept
Hydrologic System Model
Hydrology
Navigation
Erosion and sediment control
Salinity control
Pollution abatement
Recreation use of water
Fish and wildlife protection
Role of Applied Hydrology
15 km Hydrosphere
Water on earth exists :
1 km Lithosphere in a space called Hydrosphere
(15 km up into the atmosphere)
Earth in the crust of the earth (1 km
down into the Lithosphere)
Atmospheric Subsystem
Surface Subsystem
Groundwater Subsystem
Hydrologic Cycle
Estimated world
water quantities
Hydrologic Cycle
Hydrologic cycle with global annual average water balance.
100%
61%
Global annual
water balance
39%
Example 1
Block diagram
representation of the
global hydrologic system.
Example 2
P
Region A P=Precipitation
Earths surface E=Evaporation
R1 T=Transpiration
Rg Eg Tg
R2
R=Surface Runoff
G=Groundwater Flow
Es Ts
Rg=Subsurface Flow
I=Infiltration
G1
I
S=Storage
Sg G2
s=Land Surface
g=Groundwater
P-(R2-R1)-(Es+Eg)-(Ts+Tg)-(G2-G1)= Ss+Sg *