- For a given month, a 121 ha lake has 0.43 m/s of inflow, 0.37 m'/s of outflow, and the total storage increase of 1.97 ha-m. A rain gauge station next to the lake recorded a total of 3.3 cm precipitation for the lake for the month. Assuming that infiltration loss is insignificant for the lake, determine the evaporation loss, in cm over the lake for the month.

- For a given month, a 121 ha lake has 0.43 m/s of inflow, 0.37 m'/s of outflow, and the total storage increase of 1.97 ha-m. A rain gauge station next to the lake recorded a total of 3.3 cm precipitation for the lake for the month. Assuming that infiltration loss is insignificant for the lake, determine the evaporation loss, in cm over the lake for the month.

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- For a given month, a 121 ha lake has 0.43 m³/s of inflow, 0.37 m'is of outflow, and the
total storage increase of 1.97 ha-m. A rain gauge station next to the lake recorded a total
of 3.3 cm precipitation for the lake for the month. Assuming that infiltration loss is
insignificant for the lake, determine the evaporation loss, in cm over the lake for the
month.

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