AS AQA Geography- Rivers

What is a drainage basin?

What is a watershed?

What type of system is the hydrological cycle?

What is precipitation?

How does precipitation lead to flooding?

What is overland flow?

When is overland flow most likely to occur?

What is infiltration?

What affects the rate of infiltration?

What is throughflow?

What is percolation?

What is permeable rock?

What is baseflow (groundwater flow)?

When can groundwater/baseflow be faster?

What is the soil moisture of:
->Clay
->Sand

What is depression storage?

What is interception?

What does vegetation do to water transfer and why?

What is evapotranspiration?

What is the water balance equation?

What causes a high runoff percentage?

What is impermeable rock?

What causes a low percentage of runoff?

What is river discharge?

Factors affecting the discharge of a river.

What is a storm hydrograph?

Compare the characteristics of a typical river during low-flow conditions and a typical river during high-flow conditions have?

The amount of energy available in a river to do 'work' depends on...

When water starts to move downhill _______ energy is converted into ________ energy.

What is a load?

What is solution?

What is suspension?

What is bedload?

What is traction?

What is saltation?

What is erosion?

When does erosion occur?

What is abrasion?

What is hydraulic action?