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Kor demand of the crop should be taken into account while fixing the capacity of a canal.

(a) Tue

(b) False

I had been asked this question in an interview for internship.

This interesting question is from Design Capacity for an Irrigation Canal topic in portion Sediment Transport and Irrigation Channels Design of Irrigation Engineering

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Correct option is (a) Tue

To explain I would say: Suppose take wheat crop for example, let us say it requires a 60 cm of water in a total period of about 240 days (for a given area of field) thus giving an average outlet factor of 3456 hectares/cumec. But the kor depth of wheat is 14 cm in about 4 weeks which gives an outlet of 1728 hectares/cumec. Therefore it is clear that for a given area (A) outlet factor of 1728 is very much more than 3456. Hence kor demand should be given importance while designing irrigation canal.

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