Channel and Floodplain Cross Sections, Catacamas, Honduras
- Description:
- Cross sections for the 50-year flood, for Catacamas, Catacamas, Honduras. Water-surface elevations for an estimated 50-year-flood discharge on Catacamas at Catacamas were determined using HEC-RAS, a one-dimensional step-backwater computer program. The channel and floodplain cross section geometry used in HEC-RAS were developed from an airborne light detection and ranging (LIDAR) topographic survey of the area. The 50-year-flood discharge for Rio Catacamas, 216 cubic meters per second, was estimated using a regression equation that relates the 50-year-flood discharge to drainage area and mean annual precipitation. The area of inundation and depth of flood coverage was created with the HEC-RAS output and topographic TIN using HEC-geo-RAS software.
- Place(s):
- Honduras, Olancho, Departamento de, and Catacamas
- Subject(s):
- Floods, Floodplains, Flood control, Inland Waters, and cross sections
- Format(s):
- Shapefile
- Year(s):
- 2001
- Held by:
- Harvard
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