Geography Drainage Basin Hydrological cycle

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All the ways moisture comes out of the atmosphere.
Precipitation
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When precipitation lands on vegetation or other structures before it reaches the soil.
Interception
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Vegetations is what stage of the Hydrological cycle?
Storage
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Puddles, ponds and lakes are all types of which storage?
Surface
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Water stored in the ground is known as which storage?
Groundwater
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Water stored in a river or a stream is known as what storage?
Channel
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Surface runoff is what stage of the Hydrological cycle?
Process
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What is water falling from one plant to another is called?
Throughfall
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Water soaking into the soil is known as?
Infiltration
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Percolation is water seeping through the soil into the what?
Water table
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Water flowing below the water table is known as?
Groundwater Flow
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Groundwater flow that feeds into rivers through riverbanks and riverbeds is known as?
Baseflow
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Water flowing down hill above the water table is known as?
Interflow
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Water turning into water vapour and going into the atmosphere is known as?
Evaporation
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Transpiration is which stage of the Hydrological cycle?
Output
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The process of evaporation and transpiration together is known as?
Evapotranspiration
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When precipitation lands on vegetation or other structures before it reaches the soil.

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Interception

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Vegetations is what stage of the Hydrological cycle?

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Puddles, ponds and lakes are all types of which storage?

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Water stored in the ground is known as which storage?

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