The term balancing depth has the same meaning as the depth of water in canal.

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• When the upstream face of a gravity dam is vertical, then the intensity of water pressure at the water surface and at the base respectively will be (where w is unit weight of water and H is the depth of water.)
• The maximum average depth due to one day storm over an area of 100 km2 is 100 mm. Depth-Area-Duration (DAD) curves indicate that for the same area of 100 km2 the maximum average depth for a 3 hour storm will be
• For a canal which irrigate the area directly, the fall should be provided at a location where the F.S.L. outstrips the gound level, but before the bed of the canal comes into filling.
• A canal aligned roughly at right angles to the contours of the country is called ridge canal.
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• When the irrigation canal and the drain are at the same level, then the cross drainage work is achieved by providing a
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