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WHEN we wish to determine the relation between the rain falling on an area, and the volume of water delivered by the stream draining that area, we are faced with a problem as yet unsolved. The geological, physical and meteorological conditions of river catchment basins are so varied that a search for a mathematical expression connecting yield from rainfall appears to be in vain.
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LACEY, J. Water Supplies and Emergency Legislation. Nature 133, 725 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133725a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133725a0
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