Hydrological Cycle
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- Created on: 04-04-14 20:18
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- Hydrological Cycle
- The hydrological cycle shows the movement of water
- 1. The water evaporates from the sea and land, evaporation.
- Evaporation is when the water gets heated by the sun and turns into water vapour.
- Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the plants
- evapotranspiration is the both happening together
- 2. The water vapour gets moved inland by winds.
- 3. The water vapour gets condensed to form clouds and then it falls as percipitation
- 4. The water gets moved around from one place to another in many ways
- Infiltration is when the water soaks into the soil
- Percolation is water moving down vertically through soil and rock
- Throughflow is when water in soil flows downhill
- Groundwater flow is when the water in rocks flow downhill
- Surface Run Off is when the water flows ovverland
- Channel Flow is the flow of water in a river
- Water can be held on the land in stores
- Channel Storage is when water is held in the river
- Groundwater storage is when water is held underground in rocks and soil
- Interception storage is when water lands on things like plants
- Surface storage is when water is held in lakes and resevoirs
- The water eventually ends up in the sea where the cycle starts again
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