When water lands on things like leaves and does not reach the ground
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Surface storage
When water is held in things like lakes, reservoirs and puddles
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Precipitation
Waterfalling to Earth in any form: e.g. rain, sleet, hail, snow, and dew.
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Transpiration
The water loss from vegetation into the atmosphere
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Tributaries
rivers running into the main one, that form part of the same drainage basin system.
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Watershed
The imaginary dividing line between neighbouring drainage basins.
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Confluence
Where two rivers meet and join to form one larger river.
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Delta
A build up of sediment at the point where a river meets a sea or lake, due to the water velocity slowing and the river having less energy to carry the sediment
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Drainage Basin
The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
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Estuary
The point at which a river begins to meet the sea. The river will be tidal, meaning that it will have both salt water and fresh water in it.
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Evapo-transpiration
The combination of evaporation and transpiration
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Fluvial
Relating to a river, from the Latin for water.
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Hydrology
The study of water
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Mouth
The end of a river where it meets the sea or a lake
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