Abstract:
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A roaded catchment consists of groups of surveyed parallel roads of bare compacted soil and with steep side slopes designed to increase run-off. This type of catchment has a special application in districted with low intensity rainfall and for areas having naturally poor run-off characteristics. Although water yield from roaded catchments has never been directly measured in Western Australia, the design basis is discussed and graphs of daily rainfall between 1955 and 1964 (a period of above average rainfa
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