Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Water Resources Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 9)
9.
Non-recording rain gauges
collect the rain whose volume is measured by means of graduated cylinders
collect the rain which is directly measured by means of graduated cylinders in centimetres of water depth
are generally used in hilly terrain
are cylindrical in shape.
Answer: Option
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Anirban Roy said:   5 years ago
We measure rainfall in terms of depth so A is wrong and the same reason B is correct.

Option D is correct.

So, Option C is wrong as in hilly terrain self recording gauges are used like tipping bucket, natural syphon or float.

Nawal Dwivedi said:   1 decade ago
All three are correct except option (B) regarding non-recording rain gauges.
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