Flow area=10×1=10 m²,so velocity=20/10=2 m/s. Relative to the bed, specific energy is $E=y+v^2/(2g)=1+4/20=\mathbf{1.2}$ m. It excludes the channel-bed elevation because the stated datum is the bed.
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