What is the discharge of water moved by a river that has an area of 750m and is traveling 4 m/s?

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Greta

23 April, 07:38

What is the discharge of water moved by a river that has an area of 750m and is traveling 4 m/s?

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Angeline Cervantes · Answer 1

The question is simply asking for the volumetric flow rate of the water in the river. It is the volume of fluid which passes per unit time. It has units of m^3 / s. We calculate as follows:

Q = 750 m^2 (4 m/s) = 3000 m^3/s

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