How would a hydrograph for a drainage basin change if major urban growth were to occur upstream?

a. ?The hydrograph would be higher and narrower.
b. ?The hydrograph would be both higher and longer.
c. ?The hydrograph would be lower but longer.
d. ?The hydrograph changes only with wildfire, logging, or overgrazing, not urban growth.
e. ?The hydrograph becomes skewed, rising more slowly but dropping very quickly.


ANSWER: a

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