A city will extract water from a river that has an annual 7-day low flow that follows a Pearson Type III distribution with a log10(Q[ft3/s]) mean of 1.87, standard deviation of 0.452, and skewness coefficient of -1.2. What is the flow associated with the 100-year drought?

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Concepts of Flood Control

Flooding is a temporary overflow of water that submerges or covers the the usually dry land. It can also be defined as the overflow of the excess amount of water that covers a huge area of land which is normally dry.