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  </ratingCurve>
  <ratingCurve ratingCurveId="TheBigRiver">
    <location>
      <locationId>X1123</locationId>
    </location>
    <ratingCurveType>LevelToFlow</ratingCurveType>
    <reversible>true</reversible>
    <ratingCurveTable>
      <ratingCurveTableRecord flow="0.100" level="0.054"/>
      <ratingCurveTableRecord flow="0.500" level="0.155"/>
      <ratingCurveTableRecord flow="1.000" level="0.244"/>
      <ratingCurveTableRecord flow="1.479" level="0.317"/>
    </ratingCurveTable>
  </ratingCurve>
Rating Curve Equation

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A rating curve equation can be defined per section of the rating curve using the lowerLevel and UpperLevel tags. The equation can be in the form of a power equation or a parabola. The form of the equation:

Power equation
Parabola

Here is an example:

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  <ratingCurve ratingCurveId="Test location">
    <location>
      <locationId>234206</locationId>
    </location>
    <ratingCurveType>LevelToFlow</ratingCurveType>
    <reversible>true</reversible>
    <ratingCurveEquation>
      <lowerLevel>0</lowerLevel>
      <upperLevel>0.391</upperLevel>
      <equation>Power</equation>
      <a>11.9001</a>
      <b>0</b>
      <c>1.55067</c>
    </ratingCurveEquation>
    <ratingCurveEquation>
      <lowerLevel>0.391</lowerLevel>
      <upperLevel>0.807</upperLevel>
      <equation>Power</equation>
      <a>16.6258</a>
      <b>-0.1</b>
      <c>1.8564</c>
    </ratingCurveEquation>
  </ratingCurve>