Drainage basin key words:

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Precipitation:
All forms of moisture on the Earth; snow, rainfall.
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Interception.
Precipitation doesn't reach the soil via going on buildings, plants absorbing it.
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Surface storage.
Total volume of wtaerheld on the earth's surface; lakes, ponds.
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Groundwater storage.
Storage of water in permerable rock ( in underground water stores).
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Channel storage
Water held in river.
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Infiltration.
Downward movement of water into the surface of the soil.
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Percolation.
Flow of water that reaches the soil via gravity.
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Stemflow.
Water running down a tree trunk.
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Card 2

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Precipitation doesn't reach the soil via going on buildings, plants absorbing it.

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Interception.

Card 3

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Total volume of wtaerheld on the earth's surface; lakes, ponds.

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Card 4

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Storage of water in permerable rock ( in underground water stores).

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Card 5

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Water held in river.

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