Table 10Ranking of Peak Flows in Ascending Order(Peak flow= yearly maximum of average daily discharges)Rank Peak flow
(thousand cusecs)
1 61.9
2 120.9
3 121.7
4 153.5
5 168.3
6 174.5
7 229.7
8 230.1
9 245.9
10 251.3
11 258.5
12 259.6
13 266.5
14 313.7
15 347.4
16 375.0
17 422.5
18 625.0The cumulative frequency distributions for theoretical and observed peak flows as
calculated above are graphically represented in Fig. 8. (Peak flow= yearly maximum of
average daily discharges). The observed and theoretical cumulative distribution show
close agreement. This provides some justification for the use of the estimated
distribution for the assessment of flood damage in this region.