JKPSC Prelims 2023
General Studies (Paper 1)
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The amount of water covering the ground to a depth of one inch provided none evaporated, drained off or percolated away.
Why this is the correct definitionA rain gauge measures the vertical depth of water that falls on a flat surface. To get an accurate measurement of the actual "input" from the sky, we have to assume a controlled environment where the water stays exactly where it fell.
If water was allowed to soak into the ground (percolate), run down a hill (drain off), or turn into vapor (evaporate), the measurement in the gauge would no longer represent the total precipitation that occurred. Therefore, the "one-inch" mark represents a theoretical sheet of water one inch deep across the entire area, assuming no losses.
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