Geography Drainage Basins

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  • Created on: 26-11-13 17:05
What is the defination of a drainage basin?
An area from which a river gets its water
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What is the name of the graph that shows what water level in river will do over time?
Hydrograph
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What is the defination of river discharge?
Level of water flowing down a river
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What calculation can you work out river discharge with?
cross sectional area x river mean velocity
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What is the defination of overland flow?
Volume of water reaching the river from surface run off
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What is the defination of through flow?
Volume of water reaching the river through the soil and the underlying rock layers
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What is the name of the graph that shows what water level in river will do over time?

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Hydrograph

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What is the defination of river discharge?

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What calculation can you work out river discharge with?

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What is the defination of overland flow?

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