Research Article
Geographic Concerns on Flood Climate and Flood Hydrology in Monsoon-Dominated Damodar River Basin, Eastern India
Table 8
Relating rainfall, peak discharge, and estimated runoff of Damodar Basin in selected major flood events.
| Consecutive date of rainfall | Cumulative average rainfall in mm | Date of peak discharge | Magnitude of peak discharge in m3 s−1 | Estimated runoff in mm | Runoff coefficient |
| August 5–8, 1913 | 234 | 8/8/1913 | 18,406 | 79.83 | 0.34 | August 10–12, 1935 | 196 | 12/8/1935 | 18,112 | 78.56 | 0.40 | September 14–16, 1958 | 168 | 16/9/1958 | 4,682 | 20.30 | 0.12 | September 30–Oct 2, 1959 | 152 | 2/11/1959 | 8,792 | 38.13 | 0.25 | September 26-27, 1978 | 160 | 27/9/1978 | 10,919 | 47.36 | 0.29 | September 18–21, 2000 | 359 | 23/9/2000 | 6,387 | 27.70 | 0.08 |
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Data Source: [21].
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