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conveyance

(Used in open channel flow.) The ratio of the discharge, Q, in a channel to the square root of the energy gradient, S_f.

In the Manning equation it can be expressed as

or

where

where n is Manning's roughness coefficient (indicative of resistance to the flow) and A is the cross-sectional area of the channel.

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