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Discussion Forum : GATE Exam Questions - Section 5 (Q.No. 39)
39.
In a river, discharge is 173 m3/s; water surface slope is 1 in 6000; and stage at the gauge station is 10.0 m. If during a flood, the stage at the gauge station is same and the water surface slope is 1 in 2000, the flood discharge in m3/s, is approximately
371
100
519
300
Answer: Option
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Vaisakh said:   3 years ago
@Prathyush.

It's (S2/S1)^0.5.

Pratyush Negi said:   7 years ago
q1/q2=(s2/s1)^2.
q2=173/(2000/6000)^2,
q2=299.9~300.

Ramesh said:   8 years ago
Q is proportional to √ Slope.

Abirami said:   8 years ago
How to solve this?

Give me an explanation.

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