TABLE OF CONTENTS, TRANSLATION FROM THE HUNGARIAN TO GERMAN 7 OF TABLE HEADINGS, AND TEXTUAL EXPLANATIONS TO THE 1935 YEARBOOK: SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1935 HYDROGRAPHIC YEARBOOK

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Table of Contents,
Translation Orom the Hungarian to
German] of Table Headings, and Textual Explanations
to the 1935 Yearbook: Supplement to the 1935
Hydro graphic Yearbook
Prepared by: Hydrographic Institute of the Royal Hungarian
Ministry of Agriculture, Budapest.
Original source: p13-paged negative photostated document entitled
Inhalts{bersicht, Ubersetzung der Tabellenkdpfe and
textliche Erlauterungen zum Jahrbuche 1935.
STAT
STAT
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Hydrographic Institute of the Royal Hungarian
Ministry of Agriculture
Budapest
TABLE OF CONTENTS, TRANSLATIONS OF TABLE HEADINGS
AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 1935 ANNUAL
Supplement to the 193
Hydro graphic Annual
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Hydrographic Institute of the Supplement to the 1935
Royal Hungarian Ministry Hydrographic Annual
of Agriculture
Budapest
TABLE OF CONTENTS, TRANSLATIONS OF TABLE HEADINGS
AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 1935 ANNUAL
Page 1 Hydrographic Annual 1935, Volume XI.
Issued by the Hydrographic Institute of the Royal Hungarian
Ministry of Agriculture.
Page 3 PREFACE
This year the Institute celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of its founding. The general financial situation did not allow
issuance of a special jubilee edition on this occasion. Therefore
it was our desire to at least give our jubilee annul a somewhat
richer content.
So we publish this year, instead of information on the prey
ceding year from only 2). water-gaging stations, detailed data from
36 stations. Each of the more important watercourses is represented
by information from at least one gaging station.
We have supplemented the data of other gaging stations with
main figures on stage fluctuations for the past ten years.
In the hydrometeorological section, in addition to annual
precipitation tables for individual seasons, we present the
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synoptic tables showing precipitation departures from the 30-year
average. A special table gives precipitation data during the
growing period (1 April to 30 September) . The annual contains
ten special appendixes this year which we present at the end of
this summary.
Page )~ The Organization of the Hydrographic Institute in 1935
Director: Ministerial Councilor Johann Dieter
The Institute has the following departments:
1. Records of stream beds
2. Hydrology
3. Water level service
)1. Hydrometry
5. Research Department
6. Administration
Personnel; 12 engineers, 3 technicians, 3 water masters,
7 draftsmen, 1 administrative official, 2 secretaries, and 2 helms-
men on two houseboats.
Page 5
3
The Activities Report for 195
1. Stream Bed Records
This department has introduced a so-called ''comparative
low water linelt in order to facilitate the preparation of plans of
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deep stream beds and the planning of reclamation work. This is
a leveled line passing through the zero datum of the Budapest
.. aging station and approximately parallel to the low water
waterg
line established in 1930? Its absolute height is determined by
kilometer readings and its relative height is above the
total
zero datums of all gaging stations. Since the zero datums of
gaging stations vary with stream bed changes, and are not every-
where at the same low water line because of changes in location
of gaging stations, 'the zero water level became a term valid only
for local conditions, and its height between two stations is
largely uncertain. From this resulted the necessity of introduc'-
:>_ng a new comparative level line which naturally should be re-
established every ten years.
The department continued the leveling of a well net for
urposes of groundwater observation and started work on a new
p .
situational plan and longitudinal section of the Danube.
2. Hydrol gy
Collection and analysis of data for studying the water
elenceer Lakes and also of some smaller ponds
supply of Balaton and V
was continued. nued. The department also participated in the analysis of
precipitation observations made by the Meteorological Institute.
Page 6 3. Water Gaging Service
The department supervises an observation net embracing
92 first class gaging stations and analyzes observational data.
duties also consist in the preparation of synoptic tables of
Its
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daily stage levels, the international information service, and
stage predictions.
Hydrometry
The department supervises water measurements (120 in 1935)
and standardization of hydrometric vanes in addition to recording
the results.
page 7. 5o__Research Department
The net of artesian wells for observing fluctuations of
the groundwater-level fluctuations was increased by 28 new wells.
The well net in operation at the end of 1935 is shown in
appendix 2. According to that the number of wells supervised by
the Hydrographic Institute was 100 (asterisk), the net established
and administered by Professor S. Rohringer of the Institute of
Technology includes 114.9 artesial wells (black dots), the Forestry
Institute has more than 2b. artesian wells (squares), and the new
artesian wells are successively established on 106 places marked
with crosses..
Appendix 3 contains tabular information on water levels in
69 wells for 1933-1935?
The department has built a new reinforced concrete cali-
bration channel for hydrometric vanes. The channel is 100 meters
long, 2.8 meters wide and 1.15 meters deep. (See plan, Appendix 4).
For determining the bucking speed of the vanes a basin at the end
of the canal is used. This basin is 26 meters long and 0.4 x 0.5
meters in profile, and the current velocity of the water can be
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regulated in it. A sliding plate serves to measure and regulate
current velocity. There is at the end of the main channel an
office and storage building.
Master plans have been prepared for building new and
reconstructing present watermark posts. Appendix 5 shows a diagonal
watermark post, which is placed upon a steel construction consisting
of I beams. The girder beams are covered above low water line with
reinforced concrete. Appendix b shows a solution in steel;
appendix 7 contains the plan of a vertical reinforced concrete
watermark post; appendix 8 shows the attachment of water level gages
to bridgeheads and bridge piers.
The Research Department ceased to exist during the year
because its engineers were transferred to construction work, The
revision of projects submitted by offices for cultural and electrical
constructions, previously performed by this department, is now per-
formed by other departments of the Institute,
Page ? 6. __pp ecial and General Duties
Page 10
The Institute gave expert opinions on the numerous cases
submitted, performed administrative work connected with publishing
the water supply serviced coimnunications (water construction
reports and other works) and administered tree Hydrographic Museum.
RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS AND THEIR UTILIZATION
General Information
General explanations on the use of the Annual. Definition
and explanation of abbreviations used. Instead of translating
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this chapter into German we put the necessary remarks in the
individual tables.
Page 15 Part 1. Water Volume of Rivers
1. Water Volume of Our Rivers in 1935
The description of water volume and ice conditions on the
Danube (page 15..16), Theiss (Theiss page 16), and its tributaries
(page 17).
The tables comprise the most important data of some
characteristic stations.
TEXT OF TABLE HEADThIGS
F Gaging
Average
Average of
Highest water Lowest water
Station
Water level
the 1876-
level level
6
1935
1935 annual
1935 1876-1935 1935 1876?1935
averages
___i__M
Y
~MIN
M~YBIOrU! M
in centimeters
The table on page 17 showing the tributaries contains in
addition to the above columns another column with names of the
tributaries.
In water level data [ I means stable ice,
means moving ice.
The data on ice conditions on tributaries are in the lower
table on page 17.
~rv~y' "~ ~ ?ry~ ~'~"' ~ tt a M ~ 1 4 r ~ ~v + F Gov h-.rt y ~ ~i~ km'
~ ~'~ aft t.~,$~+ ~roP + d~uL~1d ~: efi~~ ~i*u,r un~j.d f,~~tt y$r~ynwh Yt~N r ~~`' ~'~'
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Raver Gaging
Duration of 1 Thickness of
Station
Moving Ice
Stable Iced ice, by months centimeter
Page 18 :Balaton Lake
The average water level at the Siofok gaging station was
714 centimeters in 1935, the highest, 98 centimeters; and the lowest,
)47 centimeters. The lake was frozen from 12 January to 21 February.
January-Februarys December
The water level is shown in Hitter's hydrogradients in the
synoptic hydrographic tables published daily. We define a hydro-
gradient as the tenth part of the water level fluctuation between
the highest and lowest gage readings. Our table contains the
limits of ten water level phases in 35 telegraphically reporting
gaging stations, composed in accordance with the foresaid. The
first figure column shows the lowest ice-free water level values in
centimeters as observed during the past 15 years, and the last
column contains the highest water level values as recorded by gaging
stations since 1890. The older extreme values were not taken into
consideration for establishing the hydrogradients because of bed
changes in the meantime.
Page 20 3. Alphabetic Index of Gaging Stations
Page 19 2. Table of Hydrogradients
Consecutive number Gaging station
Page
The underlines watermark posts under S(pages 22_57) show in
addition to daily water levels also other detailed information.
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Page 21 L. Index of Gaging Stations Arranged According to Rivers
River Consecutive number
Gaging station Page
The underlined gaging stations under (Page 22..;7) contain
in addition to daily water levels other detailed data
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River
position of the station, the distance from the mouth in kilometers for the Danube stations, from Budapest chain bridge as well
.
Elevation of 0-datum above Adriatic
Bail water levels3 ? a.m.
centimeters
Days
Months
average
zs2s-1y34
Days Water levels with moving ice
Water levels with stable ice
KV~ Monthly minimum
r _i
1935 KQV~ Monthly average 1935
NV' Monthly maximum
KV~ Monthly minimum
7-925- K0V= Monthly average of the decade
193Lt NV= Monthly maximum
Observations since: Watershed in square kilometers
Gaging Station
Duration ! Frequency r Duration
_
Frequency of
~ O
water levels
O
in 193 Frequency
Months in 1935
Frequency of Freouenc r and duration of
water levels water levels in observation year 1935
f
from month to and the average for 19 2 S-193L.
month in past
years. The
data are
expressed in full days).
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YV = Lowest water level
without or with ice
K edium low water
=
Medium-
t~J
KCV Medium water level
=
KNIT Medium-high water For the
NV NV -= Highest water level decade 19253b
without or with ice or of the past year
ATV Usual water level
5
(Duration 182. days)
3
T The lowest known water level
~
LKV
without or with ice
water level
LN`d ILNV tin The highest knon
without or with ice
Graphic Representation:
(a)
of the water volume graph
b of the moistening duration line Average for
c of n the frequency y1G
of water 192 93
levels each gradient equals
25 centimeters
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Graphic Representation of the Gaging Station profile
Gra
Pn
The observed highest and lowest water levels
and the elevation of OMdatur zero water are
shown. In bride profiles the piers are
g
shown.
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Water discharge, m sec
Moistening duration, days
Frequency, days
River Discharge Measurements During Recent Years:
. Time of Water Water
Profile area
Average Velocity
measuring Level level change in river in inundation in river in inundation
bed area bed area Discharge volume
cm mm/hour
m sec
m3sec
The mea urernents are entered in the water volume graph under their consecutive numbers. Peak
value.. are marked with asterisks, and with _ a full o 'rt if the s p ~.or
they were obtained during falling
rising stage.
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Pages $8-71
The data for stations Pozsony, Komaron, Tiszaujlak, and
Zahony originate from Czechoslovakia Hydrographic Service.
b. Records, Daily Water levels and Main Figures in
~b Gaging Stations
The stations are arranged systematically as follows:
Danube and tributaries, Theiss and tributaries.
Each page contains data from four stations; the quarter-page
is arranged as follows:
River: Gaging Station
Location of the station, the distance from the mouth in In
Elevation of 0- above Observations since: Watershed; km2
Adriatic
Days Months
Daily water levels in at 7 a.m.,cm
Water levels with moving ice
Water levels with stable ice L.
1935 KV = Monthly minimums
KOV = Monthly averages 1935
NV = Monthly maximums
KV Monthly minimums
192/1934 KOV Monthly average of the decade
NV = Monthly maximums
KV
KV
KKV
KOV
KNV Medium-high water
NV NU Highest water level without or with ice
ATV Usual water level (duration 182.5 days)
Lowest water level without or with ice
Medium-low water of the decade 192/1934
Medium water or of the past year
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Entries in the last column mean:
p,m. Vane measurement, point methods
r.ni. = Vane measurement, detailed Hajos method,
fm. = Surface measurement.
Measurements 1 and 27 were made by the Czechoslovak xydro-
graphic Institute: only the data published here was made available
to us.
Page 74-75
8. Water Level Progress Lines 193 (26 stations included)
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On the horizontal lines, designating the zero datum at the
gaging station, are the elevations of the 0-marks and the station
names. The horizontal lines indicate halves of a meter, the vertical
lines one day each. The river names are in capitals.
Page 76 II. METEOROLOGICAL SECTION
Page 76-80 1. Precipitation, Temperature, and Evaporation in
Hungary in 193
Short description of weather conditions of the past century
and explanation of the following tabular appendixes ? The table on
page 77 contains some 2LI?-hour precipitation maximluns.
Page 81-82 2. Monthly and Annual Prec ations in Millimeters on
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18~ observation posts.
Data from the most important observation posts. Stations
arranged according to watersheds: D watershed of the Danube,
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T watershed of the Theiss. The roman figures indicate second class
watersheds. (See appendix 1). The names of stations telegraphing
daily reports are underlined.
Text of Table Headings
Name Geographic Elevation Monthly Volume Annual 30-year Deviations
Location Above Sea of Precipi Volume Average fmm
Longitude Latitude Level tation Average
East Northern
of the pre-
cipitation
station
Page 83
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. ~........,,..r..... o..~.........M.~
Months mm mm mm
3. Precipitation Distribution in 193
Precipitation chart with rain levels i'rom 5Q to 50 millimeters.
Average
Continuous lines: positive deviation
Dotted line: negative deviation
Heavy line; normal precipitation
Page 8b. L. Deviation of Annual Precipitation in 1935 from 30-year
page 85.88 ~? The Distribution ofPrecipiion According to Seasons
in Hydrologica a 934~3~
(a) Winter 12/1/193L - 2/28/1935
(b) Spring 3/1 - 5/31/1935
(c) Sumner 6/1 8/31/1935
(d) Autumn 9/1 - 11/30/1935
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Precipitation amount in millimeters
Page 89-90 66 _ Deviation of precipitation from 30-year average in
5-cent
- c
(a) Spring 3/1 m 5/31/1935
(b) Suruner 6/1 - 8/31/1935
Continuous lines: more precipitation (positive deviation)
Dotted lines: less precipitation (negative deviation)
Heavy lines: normal precipitation
Page 91-92 7. (a) Precipitations during 1935 growing season (1 April
30 September), and (b) its deviation from 30-year average.
Page 93 8. Monthly precipitations in past year in millimeters and
percent of the normal annual volume (black columns) together with
monthly average for 30 years (dotted) at 16 characteristic stations.
Page 94 9m Monthly temperature averages for past 60 years (con-
tinuous lines) and in past year (dotted line) at eight stations
10. Monthly values of evaporation in millimeters in 1935
(dotted line) compared with 20 year average (continuous line) in
four stations (measured with Wild's scale).
Monthly reports and annuals of the Royal Hungarian Meteoro-
logical Institute (Budapest, TI Kitaibel Pal-u 1) give detailed
data on meteorological reports.
Page 95 INDEX
Appendixes, (In a separate envelope at the end of the volume)
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10. Directives for examination of bed gravel mixtures
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1. Hungary's net of hydrographic and meteorological stations
in 1936 (1:750,000)
2. Situational plan of artesian well net for groundwater
observations
3r Groundwater-level movements
2. Plan of the new calibration basin for hydrometric vanes
~. Diagonal watermark post, solution I
6. Diagonal watermark post, solution ha and lib
7. Vertical watermark post an reinforced concrete pillars
8. Attachment of cast iron gauges to vertical brick walls
9. Reinforced concrete bolts for identification of record-
ing profiles and cast iron level bolts