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This book presents a judicious combination of the basic principles and design procedures involved in open channel flows. Both analysis and design aspects have been exhaustively illustrated through several worked-out examples. Carefully formulated problems have been provided at the end of the various chapters for exercise.SI units have been consistently used throughout the book.Important Features of the Second Edition : Diffusion and dispersion discussed in a new chapter; Finite difference methods of flood routing included;A new method of designing transitions presented;Control of hydraulic jump by using cross jets explained; Several computer programs for the solution of a variety of problems included.