Rivers Flashcards

Question	Answer
What are the 3 parts of the Hydrological Cycle?	Sea, Land & Atmosphere
What is Evaporation?	When water is heated and turns into water vapour
What is Transpiration?	Evaporation of water from plants
What is Evapotranspiration?	Both Evaporation and Transpiration happening at the same time
What happens when the water vapour condenses?	Clouds are formed Water falls over the land as precipitation
What is Infiltration?	When water soaks into the soil
What is Percolation?	When water moves vertically down through soil and rock
What is Throughflow?	When water in the soil moves downhill
What is Groundwater Flow?	When water in rock flows downhill
What is Surface Runoff?	When water flows overground
What is Channel Flow?	The flow of water in a river
What is Channel Storage?	When water is held in a river
What is Groundwater Storage?	When water is stored in soil and rock
A rock that stores water is called an...	Aquifer
What is Interception Storage?	When water lands on things such as leaves and doesn't hit the ground
What is Surface Storage?	When water is held in things like lakes, reservoirs and puddles
What is a Drainage Basin?	The area of land drained by a river
What is a Tributary?	A smaller river that joins a main river
What is a Confluence?	The point where two rivers join
What are the Inputs to a Drainage Basin?	Precipitation
What are the flows in a Drainage Basin?	Surface Runoff Channel Flow Infiltration Throughflow Groundwater Flow Percolation
What are the Stores in a Drainage Basin?	Channel Storage Groundwater Storage Interception Storage Surface Storage
What are the Outputs in a Drainage Basin?	Evaporation Transpiration River flow into the sea
How are Drainage Basins separated?	By a watershed

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