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Mind Map by alexcoupe1998, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by alexcoupe1998
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AS
Geography -
River terms
- Stores
- Interception: Prevention of
rain reaching the ground by
plants
- Surface Storage: Total
volume of water held on the
earth's surface in lakes,
ponds and puddles
- Soil Storage: Water held within the soil
- Groundwater Storage:
Storage of water
underground in permeable
rock strata (aquifer)
- Vegetation Storage: Water
being held within or on
vegetation
- Channel Storage: Water being held within a river
- Interception: Prevention of
rain reaching the ground by
plants
- Transfers
- Leaf Drip: The precipitation that
falls to the ground from leaves
after interception
- Infiltration: Gravity flow of
water within the soil
- Through Fall: Precipitation
falling through the plant
canopy
- Percolation: Downward
movement of water into the
soil
- Surface Runoff: Movement
of water over the surface -
usually when the ground is
frozen or saturated
- Through Flow: Movement of
water downslope within soil layer
- Base Flow: The deeper
movement of water
through the underlying
rock
- Stem flow: Rainfall
reaching the ground by
daring down stems of
vegetation
- Leaf Drip: The precipitation that
falls to the ground from leaves
after interception
- Inputs
- Precipitation: Any
moisture reaching the
earth's suface
- Precipitation: Any
moisture reaching the
earth's suface
- Outputs
- Evapotranspiration: The loss of water
from a drainage basin into the
atmosphere from vegetation
- River runoff: Water running within
a river until it reaches the sea
- Evapotranspiration: The loss of water
from a drainage basin into the
atmosphere from vegetation
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