39130 - Thames at Reading
| Grid Reference: | 41 (SU) 718 741 | 
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| Operator: | EA |
| Local number: | 2200 |
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Catchment Area: | 4633.7 km2 |
| Level of
Station: | 30.0 mOD |
| Mean flow: | 39.13
m3s-1 |
| 95% exceedance
(Q95): | 5.2 m3s-1 |
| 10% exceedance (Q10): | 98.3 m
3s-1 |
| 61-90 Av. Ann. Rainfall: | 680 mm
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Sample Hydrograph of Gauged Daily Flows
Flow Duration
Curve for Gauged Daily Flows
Station Description
Multi-path cross-configuration
ultrasonic gauging station sited beneath Reading Bridge (incorporates
adjustment for flows outside the transducer piers), very minor bypassing via
Gosbrook stream. Good c/m confirmation of calibration throughout the range;
doppler gauging on 4/1/2003 at 300-310 cumecs. River levels affected by d/s
weir and lock.Catchment Description
Mixed geology with Cotswold headwaters (Oolitic L'st) and Oxford Clay. Land
use: predominantly rural but with important, and growing, urban development in
the valley (i.e. Oxford and Reading).Factors
Affecting Runoff
- Runoff reduced by public water supply
abstraction.
- Runoff influenced by groundwater abstraction/recharge.
River Flow and Catchment Rainfall on the National
River Flow Archive
| Gauged Daily Flows (gdf):
| 1992 to 2008 |
| Monthly Catchment Rainfall (rnf): | 1961 to 2008
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For many stations monthly peak flows are also archived. When daily flow data
are not available monthly mean flows may be held on the National River Flow
Archive. See Data Holdings for further information.
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