The melting of the ice, mainly during summer months, and usually at the snout of a glacier.
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Card 7
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Water in any form which falls from the atmosphere to the surface of the earth, including rainfall, snow, sleet, and hail.
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The process by which raindrops are prevented from falling directly on to the soil surface by the presence of a layer of vegetation.
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When the outcome of rainfall intensity on a slope is greater than the rate at which water can infiltrate into the soil, a thin layer of water forms on the surface and it begins to move down slope under gravity.
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The passage of water into the soil. Water is drawn into the soil by gravity and capillary action.
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The transfer of water from the soil storage zone to the channel at a much slower rate than the overland flow.
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The downward vertical movement of water within a soil.
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Water that collects underground in the pore spaces in the soil and rock.
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When all pore spaces are filled, the rock or soil is said to be saturated. The water is then transferred slowly through and rock and into the bed of the river.
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All the water which enters a river and flows out of the drainage basin.
