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Australian Water Information Dictionary

hydraulic gradient

Calculated as the difference between two hydraulic head measurements divided by the distance between the two measurements. Hydraulic gradient is used in the calculation of water flow.

This definition applies to:

• Glossary for Water status: Australian Water Resources Assessment

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