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LR706 East African Flood Model_ Fiddes - Transport for Development

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TABLE 5<br />

Catchment<br />

wetness factor<br />

fiinfall<br />

Wet zones<br />

zone<br />

Catchmetit wetness factor (Cw)<br />

Perennial streams I Ephemeral streams<br />

1.0 1.0<br />

Semi arid zone<br />

1.0 1.0<br />

Dry zones<br />

(except<br />

West Uganda)<br />

0.75 0.50<br />

West Uganda<br />

0.60 0.30<br />

TABLE 6<br />

bnd<br />

use factors (Cd<br />

(Base assumes short grass cover)<br />

brgely<br />

bare soil<br />

1.50<br />

Intense cultivation (Particularly in valleys)<br />

Grass cover<br />

Dense vegetation (particularly in valleys)<br />

Ephemeral stream, sand filled valley<br />

Swamp filled valley<br />

Forest<br />

1.50<br />

1.00<br />

0.50<br />

0.50<br />

0.33<br />

0.33<br />

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