Table 21. Estimation of length of hypothetical M1 water surface profile (backwater)
upstream of Amolar and Porto da Manga.1

Station
Property Units Amolar Porto da Manga
Mean annual discharge m3/s 943 1340
Bottom width, estimated 2 m 300 300
Side slope, estimated m 1:1 1:1
Channel slope 3 cm/km 1.82 2.06
Channel slope m/m 0.0000182 0.0000206
Manning friction coefficient n 4 - 0.015 0.02
Normal depth (yn) m 4.296 6.113
Downstream depth increase (Dy) 5 m 0.470 0.440
Downstream depth (yn + Dy) m 4.766 6.553
Amolar   
Distance to Porto Conceição 6 km 216 -
Length of M1 profile (95 % of Dy) km 225 -
Distance to Descalvados 6 km 337 -
Length of M1 profile (99 % of Dy) km 339 -
Distance to Cáceres 6 km 476 -
Porto da Manga   
Distance to Amolar 6 km - 280
Length of M1 profile (95 % of Dy) km - 280
Distance to Bela Vista do Norte 6 km - 361
Length of M1 profile (99 % of Dy) km - 417
Distance to Porto Conceição 6 km - 496

1 Based on direct step method, assuming a prismatic channel and a 0.001 m depth interval (Chow, 1959).
2 From Table 1. 3 From Table 12.
4 Average measured value, based on streamflow data from DNOS (1974), DNAEE, and Hidrologia S. A.
5 Taken from Section 3.3.1. 6 Distance measured along the river.