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26 Cards in this Set
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What is a settlement |
A place where people live |
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What is a rural settlement |
A village or other quiet place |
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What is a urban settlement |
A city or other place that has lots of buildings |
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What are the continents |
Europe Asia Africa Oceanian North america South america Antarctica |
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What are the 4 main seas |
Artic Pacific Indian Atlantic Southern |
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What is evaporation |
Water changes to water vapour |
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What is transpiration |
Plants into water vapour |
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What is condensation |
Water changes back into water vapour |
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What is precipitation |
Rain fall |
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Ground water |
Water back to the sea |
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Throught flow |
Water flowing Through the soil |
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Interception |
Plants and buildings catch the water |
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Infiltration |
Rain soaks into the ground |
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Water shed |
An imaginary line separating one drainage basin from the next |
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Source |
Where a river begins |
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Mouth |
Where the river meets the sea |
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Conflunts |
Where 2 rivers meet |
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Tributary |
A small river joining a large river |
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Channel |
River flows |
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How is a water fall made |
Rock erodes and the water rushes over the ledge to form a plumage pool the ledge caves in and then carves a gorge |
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How is an oxbow rover made up |
River meander is cut off and an oxbow lake is formed |
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Why do rivers flood |
Because of heavy rainfall and rapid show melt |
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What is river flooding |
A river bursting its banks |
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What is coastal flooding |
Where a sea over flows |
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What is pluvial flooding |
Sewers flooding the road |
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What is plumbing flooding |
Where pipes burst |