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GATE 2020 CE (CE2) – Question 22

Hydrology · Reservoir capacity, flood estimation and routing, surface runoff models · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Muskingum method is used in ______.

  1. hydrologic reservoir routing
  2. hydrologic channel routing
  3. hydraulic channel routing
  4. hydraulic reservoir routing

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Correct answer: (B) hydrologic channel routing

Explanation

Muskingum uses reach storageS=K[xI+(1−x)O]together with continuity to route a flood through a river channel. It is a lumped hydrologic channel-routing method. **Answer:B**. It does not solve the full hydraulic Saint-Venant equations.