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River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them.Bellasis, E. S. (Edward Skelton)

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River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them.

Name: River and Canal Engineering, the characteristics of open flowing streams, and the principles and methods to be followed in dealing with them.
Author: Bellasis, E. S. (Edward Skelton)

Bellasis, E. S. (Edward Skelton)

Canals; Hydraulic engineering; Rivers

+------------------------+-------------+-----------------+---------+---------------+-----------------------+
  |        Place.          |  Catchment  |Period over which| Total   |   Available   |      Remarks          |
  |                        |    Area.    |  Observations   |Rainfall |   Rainfall.   |                       |
  |                        |             |    Extended.    |Observed.|               |                       |
  +------------------------+-------------+-----------------+---------+---------------+-----------------------+
  |                        |   Acres.    |                 | Inches. |Ratio to Total.|                       |
  |Nagpur, Central India   |    4,224    |June to September|   44    |      ·40      |                       |
  |                        |             |(Monsoon period).|         |               |                       |
  |   ”          ”         |      ”      |      ”          |   30    |      ·27      |                       |
  |Mercara, South India    |       48    | Whole year.     |  119    |      ·37      |Gravelly soil overlying|
  |King William’s Town,    |             |                 |         |               |  granite.             |
  |  Cape Colony           |   67,200    |     ”           |   27    |      ·21      |Hills with forest and  |
  |Near Cape Town, Cape    |             |                 |         |               |  bush.                |
  |  Colony                |      110    |May to October   |   31·5  |      ·51      |Bare hills.            |
  |Near Cape Town, Cape    |             |(rainy season).  |         |               |                       |
  |  Colony                |    2,208    |     ”           |   43    |      ·40      |    ”                  |
  |Melbury Moor, Devonshire|     ...     | Whole year.     |   50·7  |      ·54      |                       |
  |Newport, Monmouthshire  |     ...     |     ”           |   40    |      ·40      |                       |
  |Newport, Isle of Wight  |     ...     |     ”           |   32    |      ·40      |                       |
  |Basin of Nepean River,  |  284 sq.    |                 |         |               |                       |
  |  N.S.W.                |   miles     |     ”           |   44·3  |      ·44      |Bare, broken ground.   |
  |Basin of Cataract River,|             |                 |         |               |                       |
  |  N.S.W.                | 70 sq. miles|     ”           |   54    |      ·45      |     ”      ”          |
  +------------------------+-------------+-----------------+---------+---------------+-----------------------+

The following statement shows how the available rainfall may vary from
year to year. The figures are those of a catchment area of 50 square
miles on the Cataract River, New South Wales (_Min. Proc. Inst. C.E._,
vol. clxxxi.):--

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