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Characteristics of the sub-basin with available runoff data

 Code

   K2
 Length  (km)    483
 Area (km2)    17,558
 Total Population 2001 (millions)    2.5
 Population Density   2001 (persons/km2)    174
 Annual Rainfall Runoff  (P) (mm)  462
(km3)  9.9
 Annual Runoff (Q)  (km3)    0.93
 Runoff Coefficient (Q : P) Observed  0.09
Predicted  0.08
Curve  BZ
 Potential Evaporation Ep (mm/yr)    1,522
 Aridity Index (Ep/P)    3.3

The catchment area for the sub-basins is the area between the gauging station and the nearest upstream gauging stations, and does not include the entire catchment area. (Ref : Closing of the Krishna Basin: Irrigation, Streamflow Depletion and Macroscale Hydrology, Research Report 111. IWMI)

 

Change in rainfall, runoff, and runoff coefficients for two time-periods, 1971-1974 and 1996-2001

 Station

 Area (km2)

Rainfall (mm)

Runoff (mm)

Rainfall: Runoff

 Change in Runoff km3

71-74 96-01 71-74 96-01 71-74 96-01
Alamatti 36,286 920 964 477 456 0.52 0.47 -0.78

The areas include the whole catchment area above the gauging station.