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Flashcards by Danielle DoVale, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Danielle DoVale
about 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| RIVERS | GEOGRAPHY |
| What is a Watershed? | A Watershed is an imaginary line separating one drainage basin from the next |
| What is a Source? | A Source is the starting point of a River |
| What is a Tributary? | A Tributary is smaller rivers joined to the main one |
| What is a Channel | A Channel is the main bath of the river |
| What is the Mouth? | The Mouth is where a river flows into a lake or ocean |
| What is a Confluence | The Confluence is the point where two rivers join |
| What is a Drainage Basin | A Drainage Basin is an area of land drained by a river |
| Rock that lets water pass through is... | permeable |
| Rock that will not let water through is... | impermeable |
| Water held in rock, underground is called | ground water |
| when water soaks through the ground | infiltration |
| Rainwater that flows along the surface of the ground | surface runoff |
| Rainwater that flows sideways through soil, above water table | throughflow |
| water falls when there's a drought because | there is no rain to complete the rain cycle |
| Why can a river fill up very quickly in very wet weather | There is a lot of surface runoff |
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