hydrological cycle
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- Created on: 21-04-14 16:24
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- Rivers and coasts
- THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
- Precipitation
- all water released from clouds such as rain, snow, hail, sleet and fog
- Surface Run off
- water flowing across the surface.
- may be a channel, such as a river or stream or it may be overland flow when it makes its way across a field.
- water flowing across the surface.
- Interception
- when water collects on objects such as leaves or flat roofs
- Infiltration
- when water soaks into soil
- Throughflow
- when water soaks into soil and seeps through it towards the river or sea
- Percolation
- the downward movement of water though soil into rocks
- Groundwater flow
- The movement of water below the water table. Water which is stored underground
- Evaporation
- When water which is heated by the sun becomes vapour and rises into the atmosphere. This may take place over land or sea.
- Transpiration
- All plants lose water through their leaves. Transpiration is when this water returns to the atmosphere where it evaporates.
- Evapotranspiration
- The term for the process of both transpiration and evaporation
- Condensation
- When water vapour is cooled and turns into water droplets to form clouds
- Water table
- The upper level of saturated ground. the level is closer to the surface in winter because there is more rain
- Precipitation
- THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
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