Rivers definitions
- Created by: alicja_kanafa
- Created on: 28-09-16 18:05
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- Rivers
- Inputs
- Precipitation
- water vapor condenses into drizzle, rain, sleet, snow & hail. this falls to the land.
- Precipitation
- Transfers
- Surface Runoff
- when water moves across the surface of the earth, becoming a stream, tributary or river.
- Infiltration
- Water soaks/filters through soil
- Throughflow
- water moving downhill through soil
- Percolation
- water moves from soil to rocks deep underground
- Groundwater Flow
- water moves slowly through soil & rocks to go back into the sea
- Stem Flow
- when water goes down the trunks of trees/stems of plants.
- Condensation
- water state changes from a gas to a liquid
- Evaporation
- water is transformed from sea water to water vapor in the atmosphere
- Surface Runoff
- Stores
- Soil Moisture
- water stored in soil
- Groundwater
- water stored in porous rocks underground
- Surface Storage
- intercepted water by impermeable surfaces. eg. concrete
- Interception
- Soil Moisture
- Outputs
- River Discharge / Main Channel
- water flowing to lakes/oceans
- River Discharge / Main Channel
- Inputs
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