Physical factors affecting water supply
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- Created on: 30-03-15 17:10
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- Physical factors affecting water supply- Climate, river systems and Geology
- Climate
- Regions near the equator receive high levels of annual precipitation
- Equatorial areas such as Amazon have 2 distinct periods of wet weather per year.
- Monsoon areas of Asia have 1 very wet season
- River systems
- The world's major rivers store large quantities of water and transfer it across continents.
- River flow increases downstream as more tributatries feed into the main river.
- Geology
- Where rocks underlying a river basin are impermeable- water will remain on the surface creating a high drainage density
- Aquifers can store huge amounts of water underground
- Climate
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