What do Darcy's Law and river discharge have in common? How do they differ? What will be an ideal response?


Both have to do with the volume-rate of flow of water. Darcy's Law pertains to groundwater flow.
River discharge, in contrast, is open-channel flow. The fundamental difference in the equations
governing the two is that Darcy's Law considers the effect of the substrate through which the water is
flowing. Considering this difference, it is not surprising that the rates of groundwater flow are
extremely slow compared to river discharge

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