Lesson 8: Flow Regime Assessment

Learning Objectives

• List five critical components of flow regime that influence water resources and river ecological process
• Evaluate common flow variables and their statistical summary measures
• Evaluate the flow duration curve for a site and describe how it might be used in practice

Handouts

• Streamflow and Flow Regime

Reading Assignment

• The Natural Flow Regime (save as a reference)
• Flow Duration Curve (save as a reference)

Homework Problems

• Problem 6
• Problem 7