Geography A-Level - Drainage System And Hydrological Cycle

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Evaporation

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The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat.

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Interception

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Interception refers to precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves and branches of plants and the forest floor.

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Precipitation

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Precipitation is any type of water that forms in the Earth's atmosphere and then drops onto the surface of the Earth

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Overland Flow (surface runoff)

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is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the earth's surface.

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Transpiration

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Transpiration is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves.

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Troughflow

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Flow of water in the soil zone

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Infiltration

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Where the water filters through the ground and the tiny pores in the soil

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Percolation

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Where the water moves downwards through the soil

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Channel Flow

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Downhill movement of water in rivers.

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Soil moisture

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Soil moisture is a source of water for evapotranspiration

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Ground Water

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Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It is stored in and moves slowly through geologic formations of soil, sand and rocks called aquifers.

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Stem Flow

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Where the precipitation flows along the stems of a plant to the ground

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Ground Water Flow

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This is the movement of water sideways through the soil

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Permable and Impermable rock

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I believe that permiable rock allows substances like water pass through the pores of the rock, however impermeable dosent make it pass through.

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Source

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Start of a river

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Tributary

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Small river that flows into a bigger one

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Mouth

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End of the river

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Watershed

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High land seperating waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.

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Confluence

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Where a River Joins another one at the point they come together.

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Water Balance

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The water balance is the balance between inputs, outputs, stores and flows.

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Inputs

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What goes in

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Stores

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Anything that keeps hold of it

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Outputs

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Anything that leaves

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River regime

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A river regime is the difference in the discharge of the river throughout the year.

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Soil Moisture surplus

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The soil in a region is saturated, and rainfall is greater than theneed for the moisture.

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Soil Moisture deficit

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Is the amount of water needed to bring the soil moisture content back to field capacity,

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Soil Moisture Utilisation

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Its how soil uses the moisture supplied to it

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Soil Moisture Recharge

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Soil moisture recharge is the replenishment of stores of water used during months when evapotranspiration has exceeded precipitation