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 m^3 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

Data Source: [21].