Groundwater - Isohypes and equipotential lines
13 important questions on Groundwater - Isohypes and equipotential lines
What do equipotential lines show?
What are flow lines and how do you derive them from isohypses and equipotential lines?
What is a flow path?
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What is a flow net?
Subtype: curvilinear flow net: has the advantage of having the same volume of water flowing through each flow path
What are the Dupuit-Forchheimer assumptions?
How can the flow velocity be derived from curvilinear square flow nets?
How are flow lines derived?
When the soil is anisotrophic, the flow lines differ from this rule because water will follow the route of the least resistance.
What causes spatial veriability in infiltration and seepage?
What causes temporal variability in infiltration and seepage?
Why does groundwater mainly flow horizontally?
Why is vertical groundwater flow still important if it's flux isn't so high?
What do the Depuit assumtions state?
What does the size of the vertical component of groundwater flow tell about the permeability of the soil?
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