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What is a settlement

A place where people live

What is a rural settlement

A village or other quiet place

What is a urban settlement

A city or other place that has lots of buildings

What are the continents

Europe


Asia


Africa


Oceanian


North america


South america


Antarctica

What are the 4 main seas

Artic


Pacific


Indian


Atlantic


Southern

What is evaporation

Water changes to water vapour

What is transpiration

Plants into water vapour

What is condensation

Water changes back into water vapour

What is precipitation

Rain fall

Ground water

Water back to the sea

Throught flow

Water flowing Through the soil

Interception

Plants and buildings catch the water

Infiltration

Rain soaks into the ground

Water shed

An imaginary line separating one drainage basin from the next

Source

Where a river begins

Mouth

Where the river meets the sea

Conflunts

Where 2 rivers meet

Tributary

A small river joining a large river

Channel

River flows

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

How is an oxbow rover made up

River meander is cut off and an oxbow lake is formed

Why do rivers flood

Because of heavy rainfall and rapid show melt

What is river flooding

A river bursting its banks

What is coastal flooding

Where a sea over flows

What is pluvial flooding

Sewers flooding the road

What is plumbing flooding

Where pipes burst