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Regionalization of low-flow characteristics of Tennessee streams

U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4191

by R.H. Bingham


Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Application of regional equations to estimate low-flow characteristics

Limitations and accuracy of equations

Estimates for low flow at ungaged sites

Verification of regression equations at partial-record sites

Procedures for regionalizing low-flow characteristics

Ground water-surface water relations

Streamflow recession

Multiple aquifer contributions to streamflow

Graphical computation method

Weighted-average method

Mapping streamflow-recession indexes

Regression analyses

Summary

References cited

Supplement A - Examples of estimating low flow for ungaged sites

Supplement B - Comparison of low-flow estimates for low-flow partial-record stations in west Tennessee

Supplement C - Comparison of low-flow estimates for low-flow partial-record stations in central and east Tennessee

Supplement D - Low-flow values estimated from observed streamflow records and regression equations, and data used to derive the equations for Tennessee streams

 


 

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