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Modelling and Assessment of Flood Discharge Based on Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves in Kuttanad District, Kerala, India

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Flood is an unusual high stage of a river overflowing over its banks, inundating the marginal lands. Floods can be caused in a number of different ways; however the dominant cause of flooding in South India is rainfall. Though it is impossible to predict when a flood event is going to occur, it is possible to predict the damage which would be caused by a flood. In addition to spatial data, historical rainfall data and discharge data is required to generate the IDF curves and to calibrate the hydrologic model. During August 2018, severe floods affected the south Indian state of Kerala, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon season. This work addresses the steps required to perform a flood inundation mapping study using HEC-RAS and will present a case study, demonstrating the capabilities of HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS.

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    Chaitanya B. Pande

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    Kanak N. Moharir

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Brema, J., Benny, M.K. (2021). Modelling and Assessment of Flood Discharge Based on Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves in Kuttanad District, Kerala, India. In: Pande, C.B., Moharir, K.N. (eds) Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68124-1_25

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