Karteikarten
rivers key terms (STORM HYDROGRAPH)
Karten in diesem Stapel (13)
- 1hydrographa graph to show the variations in a river's discharge over a short period of time, usually during a rainstorm
- 2floodwhen the capacity of a river to transport water is exceeded in the river channel and water flows over the river banks
- 3river dischargethe volume of water flowing through a river channel
- 4rising limbthe period of rising river discharge following a period ofrainfall
- 5peak rainfallthe hour of greatest rainfall during the storm
- 6peak dischargethe point of maximum river discharge caused by the storm
- 7falling limbthe period of time when the river's discharge is falling after it has reached peak discharge
- 8base flowthe average level of discharge of the river caused by the water flowing into the river from tributaries and groundwater
- 9lag timetime between peak rainfall and peak discharge
- 10storm flowthe discharge of a river above base flow caused by a storm event
- 11flashy hydrographa storm hydrograph that has a steep rising limb and means the river flooded quickly
- 12gentle hydrographa storm hydrograph that has a shallow rising limb and beans the river flooded slowly
- 13bankfull dischargethe maximum discharge that a particular river channel is capable of carrying without flooding
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- AS - Level Geography Karteikarten am rivers key terms (STORM HYDROGRAPH), erstellt von Lucy Sheard am 17/03/2016.
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