Excerpt from Using the Cypress Creek Formula to Estimate Runoff Rates in the Southern Coastal Plain and Adjacent Flatwoods Land Resource AreasThe Cypress Creek formula, _q_ C mes/6, is employed by many engineers as a means of determining design capacity for drainage canals. In this formula, Q is the average runoff rate in cubic feet per second for the 24-hour period of greatest runoff for a storm event, M is drainage area in square miles, and C is a coefficient mainly dependent upon degree of protection desired.Questions often arise concerning the capability of the exponent in the Cypress Creek formula to compensate for differences in size of drainage areas, and how to select values of g for the protection desired. These questions are considered here for the Southern Coastal Plain, Atlantic Coast Flatwoods, Gulf Coast Flatwoods, and Southern Florida Flatwoods major land resource areas.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.