System Curve

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Water Systems

Working definition

The relationship between required system head and flow rate produced by static elevation and flow-dependent losses.

In plain language

The relationship between required system head and flow rate produced by static elevation and flow-dependent losses.

Why it matters

System Curve is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.