Hydrological System
- Created by: AbiM
- Created on: 23-02-14 13:52
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- Hydrological System
- Drainage basin
- Catchment area which provides the river with water
- Watershed
- The boundary between different drainage basins
- Inputs
- Precipitation
- Energy for evaporation
- Outputs
- Evapotranspiration
- Runoff into sea
- Percolation
- Water from soil into rocks
- Stores
- Rivers
- Lakes
- Vegetation
- Transfers of water
- Stemflow
- Water that runs down stems, branches of plants
- Infiltration
- Water soaks into soil
- Throughflow
- Movement of water through soil
- Groundwater flow
- Movement of water below water table
- Throughfall
- Moves down-slope through sub-soil
- Stemflow
- Water balance/budget
- The balance between inputs and outputs
- Water table
- Upper level of saturated ground
- Drainage basin
- Rivers
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