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Government of India. Central Waterpower Irrigation & Navigation Research Station Poona. Research Publication No. 13 “The Behaviour and Control of Rivers and Canals (with the Aid of Models)”

1949

A composite photo taken from the top of the hill above Iihadakwasla Dam (Lake Fife) showing a portion of the upper area of the Research Station just downstream. [...] 1 A. R. (T.) 1937-38.1 [Photo 328 from sheet 3 A. R. (T.) 1937-38.] THE BEHAVIOUR AND CONTROL OF RIVERS AND CANALS SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS Much of the confusion regarding the complex problems relating to river flow is due to lack of precision in terminology with consequent confusion of thought. [...] the weighted mean terminal momentum of the charge which determines the rate of deposition of the particles and hence the slope of the channel. [...] (xli) "Tortuosity"—the ratio of the length of the river channel to the axial length of the river. [...] "Cut-off" is also applied in Sind to the difference of water level upstream and downstream of a regultor and is equal to the loss of head.
agriculture environment
Pages
304
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145017
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v Claude Inglis view
Symbols and Definitions
1-6 Claude Inglis view
Chapter I—Introduction
7-78 Claude Inglis view
Chapter 2 Review of Factors Controlling Flow in Alluvial Channels
79-92 Claude Inglis view
Chapter 3 Historical Note on Regime Flow in Channels in Alluvium and Divergence from Regime
93-138 Claude Inglis view
Chapter 4 Meandering of Rivers
139-158 Claude Inglis view
Chapter 5 Behaviour of Rivers—as Exemplified by the Indus in Sind
159-208 Claude Inglis view
Chapter 6 Exclusion of Excess Bed Material from Canals and Distributaries
209-280 Claude Inglis view
Index
1-19 Claude Inglis view

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