 | Virginia. Division of Mineral Resources - Geology - 1905 - 682 pages
...covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed over the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with...rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. EXPLANATION OF TABLES. For each regular station are given, as far as available, the following data:... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Irrigation - 1907 - 880 pages
...mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly, as regards both time and area. "Run-off in inches" is the depth to...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required... | |
 | John Clayton Hoyt, Nathan Clifford Grover - Rivers - 1907 - 178 pages
...if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed thereon. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. Acre-foot.—An acre-foot is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover... | |
 | Irrigation - 1917 - 968 pages
...that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as gards time and area. 60398°— WSP 430—17 2 W "Run-off in inches" is the depth to which the drainage...rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to... | |
 | Irrigation - 1915 - 862 pages
...assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off, depth in inches," is the depth to which the drainage area...rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet and is the quantity required to cover an acre to... | |
 | Irrigation - 1915 - 906 pages
...assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off (depth in inches)" is the depth to which the drainage area...rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to... | |
 | United States - 1908 - 1444 pages
...mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-ofF is distributed uniformly, as regards both time and area. "Run-off in inches" is the depth to...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Irrigation - 1909 - 842 pages
...the run-oil is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off in inches" is the deptli to which the drainage area would be covered if all...rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS. The following is a list of convenient equivalents for use in hydraulic computations... | |
 | Irrigation - 1913 - 598 pages
...is distributed uniformly as regards both time and area. "Run-off, depth in inches on drainage area," is the depth to which the drainage area would be covered...run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed as depth in inches. An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet and is the quantity required... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Floods - 1915 - 948 pages
...distributed uniformly as regards both time and area. "Run-off (depth in inches on drainage area) " is the depth to which the drainage area would be covered...used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is expressed in depth in inches. The "miner's inch," the unit used in connection with placer mining, also... | |
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Run-off" (depth in inches) is the depth to which the drainage area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually... 
