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ISOPLETH

ISOPLETH

A line drawn on the map along which the value of a particular phenomenon or property is uniform. Some of the important isopleths of interest in Water Resources Engineering are given below :

S. No.

Name

Isopleth of (i.e. line joining places of equal…..)

1.

Isobar

pressure

2.

Isobath

depth in the sea

3.

Isobront

thunderstorm at the same time

4.

Isochrone

travel time from a common centre

5.

Isohaline

salinity

6.

Isohels

sunshine

7.

Isohyets

rainfall

8.

Isonif

snowfall amount

9.

Isoryme

frost

10.

Isotherm

temperature

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