This presentation was initially given in person on June 20, 2019 as part of the Module 2: “Water Quality Basics” of the Kentucky Watershed Academy and was subsequently recorded.


In this episode, Steve Evans of the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute defines hydrology and hydraulics separately but discusses these concepts jointly. Vertical, horizontal, lateral, and temporal dimensions of the stream are discussed in turn. Concepts including evapotransporation, soil infiltration, groundwater movement and runoff, longitudinal zones, stream ordering, and reading stream hydrographs are overviewed.


The Kentucky Watershed Academy was developed by the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute and funded in part by the Kentucky Division of Water through a grant from the US EPA. For more information on the Kentucky Watershed Academy, please go to https://www.research.uky.edu/kentucky...