DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF AN EFFICIENT METHOD TO RIVER DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT     

Chuan-Yi WANG  Jau-Yau LU  Chih-Chiang SU Associate professor  Dept. of Hydraulic Engrg.  Feng-Chia University  Taichung  Taiwan  China. E-mail: cywang@fcu.edu.tw Professor  Dept. of Civil Engrg.  National Chung-Hsing University  Taichung 《国际泥沙研究》2002,17(2)

1 INTRODUCTION There are 129 rivers in Taiwan. Most of them are short and steep with small drainage basins and rapid flows. Heavy rains and flood flows usually carry large amount of sediment. The specific peak discharge (peak discharge per unit drainage area) in Taiwan has the highest value in the world. For example, the specific peak discharge of Wu River in central Taiwan is 10.5 cms/km2, which is about 618 times that of Yangtze River in China and 35 times that of Sinno River i…  相似文献