Dunkirk: Where History Happened. We visit 10 places connected with the remarkable evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from northern France in 1940. This feature was first published in the April 2010 edition of BBC History Magazine. Tuesday 25th May 2010.
The seepage velocity is less than the actual flow rate of the liquid or gas in the pores because the fluid moves only through the portion of the cross-sectional area S that is occupied by the pores.
Stream Flow and Sediment Transport. Stream velocity is the speed of the water in the stream. Units are distance per time (e.g., meters per second or feet per second). Stream velocity is greatest in midstream near the surface and is slowest along the stream bed and banks due to friction.