Rivers
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- Created on: 02-10-16 21:47
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- Rivers
- The Water Cycle/ Hydrological Cycle
- Evaporation
- water is transformed from seawater into water vapour in the atmosphere
- Condensation
- water cahnging from gas to liquid
- Precipitation
- water vapour condenses into drizzle, rain, sleet, snow and hail and this falls towards the surface of the land
- Interception
- water collected by vegetation
- Stem Flow
- water flowing down the trunks and stems of plants and trees
- Surface Runoff
- water moves across the surface of the earth, becoming a stream, tributary or river
- Infiltration
- water soaks (filters) into the soil
- Through Flow
- water moves downhill through the soil
- Soil Moisture
- water stored in the soil
- Percolation
- water moves from the soil and into the rocks deep underground
- Groundwater
- water stored in the rocks deep underground
- Groundwater Flow
- water moves slowly through the soil and rocks back into the sea
- Main Channel
- water flowing to lakes or oceans
- Transpiration
- water vapour is lost from vegetation into the atmosphere
- Surface Storage
- water lies in lakes
- Inputs
- inputs are when water is introduced or put into the system
- Precipitation is an input
- inputs are when water is introduced or put into the system
- Stores
- stores occur when water is kept within the system and not moved through it
- Interception (from vegetation), Soil Moisture, Groundwater and Surface Storage are stores
- stores occur when water is kept within the system and not moved through it
- Transfers
- transfers are processes or flows within the system, where water is moved from one place to another
- Surface Storage, Infiltration, Through Flow, Percolation, Condensation, Groundwater Flow, Stem Flow and Evaporation
- transfers are processes or flows within the system, where water is moved from one place to another
- Outputs
- outputs occur in the river system when the water Is carried through the river and back into the sea
- Transpiration, River Discharge and Main Channel are outputs
- outputs occur in the river system when the water Is carried through the river and back into the sea
- Evaporation
- The River Basin
- Drainage Basin
- The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries
- Source
- The starting point of the river generally at the top of the hill
- Watershed
- The boundary of highland separating one drainage basin from another
- Tributary
- A small river that joins a main river
- Confluence
- The point where two rivers meet
- River Channel
- The main body of water, flowing downhill
- Mouth
- The place where the river flows into the sea or a lake
- Drainage Basin
- The Water Cycle/ Hydrological Cycle
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