Water world and river processes

precipitation

stem and drip-flow

infiltration

through flow

Percolation

groundwater flow

channel flow

transpiration

evaporation

interception

surface runoff

permeable

how is water storage split up?

biosphere

lithosphere

hydrosphere

why does planting trees slow down the water cycle?

Why don't some clouds precipitate?

Explain why the biosphere and lithosphere are important to the hydrological cycle (4)

Name the stores of water

Name the water flows

What is the main input in a drainage basin

What are the main outputs in a drainage basin?

Drainage basin system

Why is having an equal input and output good in a drainage basin system?

tributary

source

confluence

mouth

water stress

physical scarcity

economic scarcity

how has water stress affected australia

what are the 6 causes of water shortage

Name 2 ways in how water resources can be sustainably managed

Describe the coca cola sustainable management story

C&B Colorado dam
creating reservoirs

C&B Colorado dam
Trap sediment behind dams

C&B Colorado dam
Regulates river flow

desertification

How can increase in population result in desertification?

How can increase in cattle result in desertification?

watershed

discharge

What are the characteristics and features of the upper course of a river?

What are the characteristics and features of the middle course of a river?

What are the characteristics and features of the lower course of a river?

Vertical erosion

Lateral erosion

Abrasion

Attrition

Hydraulic action

Solution

What are the 5 methods of transportation in a river?

Traction

Saltation

Suspension

Solution

Deposition

How are waterfalls formed?

Meanders

Ox-bow lakes

Flood plain

Levees

What does a hydrograph show?

What is the rising part on a hydrograph?

What is the top part of the hydrograph called?

What does the bar chart at the bottom of the hydrograph show?

What's the downhill part of the hydrograph called?

Would an urban area have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?

Would a rural area have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?

Would a forest have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?

Would a deforested area have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?

What conditions can change a hydrograph?

Hard engineering

Soft engineering

5 examples of hard engineering

4 examples of soft engineering

Dams adv + disadv

Embankments adv + disadv

Channel straightening

Storage areas adv+disadv

Flood walls adv and disadv

washlands adv+disadv

Land-use zoning adv+disadv

afforestation adv+disadv

warning systems adv+disadv

How are potholes formed?

What's a delta?

How are deltas formed?

What are the 3 types of delta?

Arcuate delta

Birds foot delta

Cuspate delta

Which rocks are deposited first and how - in the formation of a delta

Which rocks are deposited second and how - in the formation of a delta

Which rocks are deposited last and how - in the formation of a delta

Weathering

Mass movement

Geology

What's freeze thaw?

What's acid rain?

What's biological weathering?

Link the effects of weathering, mass movement and geology to the landforms we have studied

Name 10 ways of how a healthy hydrological cycle can be threatened by humans

Flow chart for urbanisation

Flow chart for reservoir building

Flow chart for deforestation

Why are there problems between people concerning the Colorado river dam?

How does the biosphere and atmosphere link with the hydrological cycle?

How does the biosphere and lithosphere link with the hydrological cycle?

How does the lithosphere and atmosphere link with the hydrological cycle?

How do agricultural demands cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this

How does urbanisation cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this

How does industry cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this

How does climate change cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this

How does energy cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this

How does population growth cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this