RIVERS: Hydrological Cycle
- Created by: Thea Tuckey
- Created on: 19-12-17 09:01
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- RIVERS: Hydrological Cycle
- VERTICAL TRANSFER
- Infiltration
- Through soil.
- Stemflow
- Down the stems of plants or trunks of trees to the ground.
- Percolation
- Through rocks towards water table
- Evapouration
- Water turns from liquid to gas & returns to the atmosphere.
- Precipitation
- Transpiration
- Evapourationfrom inside vegetation.
- Infiltration
- HORIZONTAL TRANSFER
- Throughflow
- Though soil towards river.
- Surface Runoff
- Over surface of the ground towards river.
- Channel Flow
- Through the river channel. Most efficient removal of water.
- Groundwater flow
- Through permeable rocks towards river. eg. Sandstone. Slowest transfer.
- Throughflow
- STORAGE
- Groundwater Storage
- Precipitation is stored in permeable rocks below the surface in an aquifer.
- Interception
- Precipitation is trapped or stored temporarily on vegetation eg. Trees
- Surface Storage
- Part of precipitation stored at ground surface. Eg. Lakes & Reservoirs.
- Groundwater Storage
- DIAGRAM
- VERTICAL TRANSFER
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