Analysis of annual flood series of a river yielded a sample mean of 1000 m³/s and standard deviation of 600 m³/s. Estimate the design flood of a structure on this river to provide 90% assurance that the structure will not fail in the next 50 years. Use Gumbel's method and assume the sample size to be very large.

Analysis of annual flood series of a river yielded a sample mean of 1000 m³/s and standard deviation of 600 m³/s. Estimate the design flood of a structure on this river to provide 90% assurance that the structure will not fail in the next 50 years. Use Gumbel's method and assume the sample size to be very large.

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