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Discharge

Technical visualStage-discharge relationship
Stage-discharge relationshipA curved site-specific graph relates stage on the vertical axis to discharge on the horizontal axis.stagedischarge
Stage-discharge relationshipA curved site-specific graph relates stage on the vertical axis to discharge on the horizontal axis.121stage2discharge
Stage and discharge are different quantities; their relationship depends on the gauge's rating curve.

The volume of water flowing past a point per unit time, commonly expressed in cubic feet per second in U.S. river data.

The relationship between stage and discharge is site-specific.

Doubling stage does not imply doubling discharge.

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