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Table 1

Estimated values of parameters used in the HEC-HMS model

ParameterValueSource
Sediment grain size distribution 0.077–0.50 (d50: 0.15) Consistent with Coleman (1969)  
Manning's roughness coefficient 0.018, 0.025, 0.035 Jung et al. (2010)  
Effective river width 300–10,000 m Goswami (1985) and Coleman (1969)  
Length 184.7–200,000 m Estimated from GIS and Google Earth 
Slope 0.000079–0.0168 m/m Mahanta et al. (2014)  
Manning's n 0.025–0.04 Jung et al. (2010)  
Surface storage 6.85–50.8 mm Bennett (1988)  
Maximum infiltration rate 12.6–137.1 mm/h Rawls et al. (1982)  
Erodibility factor 0.05–0.086 Soil map 
Practice factor Scharffenberg (2015)  
Topographic factor 0.3–1.9 Slope and length 
Cover and management factor 0.0001–0.44 Land use map 
ParameterValueSource
Sediment grain size distribution 0.077–0.50 (d50: 0.15) Consistent with Coleman (1969)  
Manning's roughness coefficient 0.018, 0.025, 0.035 Jung et al. (2010)  
Effective river width 300–10,000 m Goswami (1985) and Coleman (1969)  
Length 184.7–200,000 m Estimated from GIS and Google Earth 
Slope 0.000079–0.0168 m/m Mahanta et al. (2014)  
Manning's n 0.025–0.04 Jung et al. (2010)  
Surface storage 6.85–50.8 mm Bennett (1988)  
Maximum infiltration rate 12.6–137.1 mm/h Rawls et al. (1982)  
Erodibility factor 0.05–0.086 Soil map 
Practice factor Scharffenberg (2015)  
Topographic factor 0.3–1.9 Slope and length 
Cover and management factor 0.0001–0.44 Land use map 
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