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1. Watershed and Stream Hydrologic Parameters Francisco Olivera, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University 
2. Hydrologic Parameters Watershed
Abstractions and routing method
Parameters
Stream
Routing method
Parameters 
3. Watershed Abstractions 
4. Watershed Abstractions SCS curve number method 
5. Watershed Abstractions Initial plus constant loss rate 
6. Watershed Routing 
7. Watershed Routing SCS curvilinear unit hydrograph method 
8. Watershed Lag-Time (SCS) 
9. Watershed Lag-Time (L/V) 
10. Watershed Routing 
11. Hydrologic Parameters Watershed
Abstractions and routing method
Parameters
Stream
Routing method
Parameters 
12. Watershed Parameters Area
Abtractions:
SCS curve number method (average curve number)
Linear loss rate (initial and constant loss rate)
Routing
SCS curvilinear unit hydrograph (length and slope of longest flow path, average curve number, average velocity in longest flow path) 
13. Elevation Grid 
14. Flow Length Downstream 
15. Flow Length Upstream 
16. Longest Flow-Path 
17. Flow Length Downstream to the Watershed Outlet 
18. Flow Length Downstreamto the Watershed Outlet 
19. Flow Length Upstreamto the Watershed Divide 
20. Flow Length Upstreamto the Watershed Divide 
21. Watershed Longest Flow-Path 
22. Watershed Longest Flow-Path 
23. Slope of WatershedLongest Flow Path 
24. Watershed Parameters 
25. Hydrologic Parameters Watershed
Abstractions and routing method
Parameters
Stream
Routing method
Parameters 
26. Routing Method 
27. Routing Method 
28. Pure-Lag Method Flow is delayed a fixed amount of time tlag. 
29. Pure Lag Parameters 
30. Muskingum Method Flow is delayed a fixed amount of time K, and redistributed around its centroid. 
31. Muskingum Parameters 
32. Hydrologic Parameters Watershed
Abstractions and routing method
Parameters
Stream
Routing method
Parameters
 
33. Stream Parameters Length
Routing
Pure lag method (average flow velocity)
Muskingum method (average flow velocity and storage coefficient) 
34. Stream Parameters 
35. Hydrologic Model 
36. ArcView Schematic 
37. HEC-HMS Basin File (1) 
38. HEC-HMS Basin File (2) 
39. HEC-HMS Basin File (3) 
40. Basin FileSystem Schematic 
41. Basin FileWatershed Parameters 
42. Basin FileWatershed Parameters 
43. Basin FileStream Parameters 
44. Precipitation File 
45. Control File 
46. Hydrograph Time Table 
47. Hydrograph Summary 
48. Hydrograph Plot