A watershed with an area approximated by a circle of diameter 100 km. Five raingage stations are distributed over the watershed to record the precipitation data. The coordinates of the five stations and the center of the watershed and the annual precipitation records during the year 2020 are given in the table below: Centre: (100, 100) Diameter: 100 km. Distance are in km Station 1 3 4 Coordinates (30, 80) (70, 100) (100, 140) (130, 100) (100, 70) Precipitation (cm) 85.0 135.2 95.3 146.4 102.2 Your job is to compute the average annual precipitation using Thiessen polygon method.

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A watershed with an area approximated by a circle of diameter 100 km. Five raingage
stations are distributed over the watershed to record the precipitation data. The coordinates of
the five stations and the center of the watershed and the annual precipitation records during
the year 2020 are given in the table below:
Centre: (100, 100)
Diameter: 100 km.
Distance are in km
Station
1
3
4
Coordinates
(30, 80)
(70, 100)
(100, 140)
(130, 100) (100, 70)
Precipitation (cm)
85.0
135.2
95.3
146.4
102.2
Your job is to compute the average annual precipitation using Thiessen polygon method.
Transcribed Image Text:A watershed with an area approximated by a circle of diameter 100 km. Five raingage stations are distributed over the watershed to record the precipitation data. The coordinates of the five stations and the center of the watershed and the annual precipitation records during the year 2020 are given in the table below: Centre: (100, 100) Diameter: 100 km. Distance are in km Station 1 3 4 Coordinates (30, 80) (70, 100) (100, 140) (130, 100) (100, 70) Precipitation (cm) 85.0 135.2 95.3 146.4 102.2 Your job is to compute the average annual precipitation using Thiessen polygon method.
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