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Storm flows and Stream Morphology

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<strong>Storm</strong> Factors Impacting <strong>Stream</strong>flow<br />

Increase Intensity, Duration, Amount:<br />

All these increase discharge.<br />

Increase storm intensity increases peak discharge<br />

(precipitation exceeds infiltration rate) because surface<br />

runoff reaches the stream before subsurface <strong>flows</strong><br />

<strong>Storm</strong> movement or distribution:<br />

<strong>Storm</strong>s that proceed from upper reaches of<br />

watershed to lower increase peak <strong>flows</strong>

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