Drainage Basin Hydrological Cycle
- Created by: Shaunz96
- Created on: 18-04-14 11:10
View mindmap
- Drainage Basin Hydrological Cycle
- Vegetation Storage
- This is where water is stored within plants and trees.
- Channel Flow
- Water flows in a river. This is the most efficient means of removing water from a drainage basin.
- Transpiration
- Water evaporates from inside vegetation and is returned to the atmosphere. Plants can control the rate of transpiration by opening and closing their stomata.
- Throughflow
- Water moves horizontally through the soil towards the rivers. Normally happens when soil is completely saturated.
- Infiltration
- The process by which water enters the soil. The rate can be affected by factors such as soil type, soil saturation and duration of rainfall.
- Interception
- Precipitation is trapped or stored temporarily on vegetation.
- Base Flow
- Water flows through rocks towards the river. The rock type can affect the rate of flow e.g. if the rock is permeable or not.
- River run off
- The total discharge of water from the drainage basin via its main river.
- Water shed
- An area of high land that divides two drainage basins.
- Stem Flow
- Precipitation runs down the stems of the plants or trunks of trees to the ground.
- Perculation
- Water drains down through rocks towards the water table.
- Watertable
- The upper surface of groundwater (all rocks and sediment below are saturated)
- Channel Storage
- Water is stored in a river. it is the amount of water stored in a river in a particular instant.
- Ground Water Storage
- Water is stored in permeable rocks below the surface of the ground
- Overland flow
- The movement of water over the surface of the ground to rivers.
- Vegetation Storage
Comments
No comments have yet been made