The water-carrying capacity of an open channel expressed in terms of discharge and the bed slope:
where K is the conveyance (sometimes known as the conveyance factor), (m3 s−1), Q is the discharge (m3 s−1) and S is the bed slope.
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BS 3680, Part 3A, 1980. Velocity Area Methods, British Standards Institution, London.
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Holland, P.G. (1998). Conveyance . In: Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Lakes. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4497-6_46
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