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Answer 1

I don't know what I'm looking at. Steams ebb and flow, generally increasing after rainfall. People use a ton of water when they first get up and it trails off during the day until they go to bed. These are reasonable-looking, I think.

Answer 2

My guess is that the peak of discharge happens earlier in a wooded rural area but idk if thats one reason

Answer 3

The peak in the wooded area happens after the rain storm.

Answer 4

I dont understand that

Answer 5

My book says that the shorter the lag time andthe steeper the rising climb, the greater is the flood risk . Does that help any

Answer 6

For a wooded area, it's a more gradual process. It's why flood waters peak at different times farther down the river. Rainfall seeps into the ground, drains into small streams, eventually in to larger streams, eventually in to smaller rivers, and on and on... There should be a gradual increase to a peak some time after a significant rainfall. It wouldn't happen immediately unless the wooded area was already at saturation.

Absolutely agree that steeper slopes would decrease the time to the peak. Rockier terrain would lead to quicker peaks.

I grew up in the Rocky Mountains and I now live in the lush Eastern deciduous forests. I've definitely seen both.