Hypsographic Curves: What are they and how are they useful?

A Hypsographic curve is a graphical representation of the depth of a body of water at certain intervals.Hypsographic curves are used to understand the depth and the curvature of a lake or a pond. The volume of the lake can also be garnered from the hypsographic curve by averaging the layers or slices of the curve.
Chart 1 is the plot of depth vs. area of a Lake

                                                                           Chart 1
Chart 2 is the depth vs. volume of the same lake

                                                                        Chart 2
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