1.2 Discharge relationships within drainage basins

Question 1

What does the rising limb shows us?

Answer 1

How quickly the flood waters begin to rise.

Question 2

Artificial recharge

Answer 2

Artificial recharge is the practice of increasing the amount of water that enters an aquifer through human-controlled means.

Question 3

Peak flow

Answer 3

is the maximum discharge of a river as a result of a storm

Question 4

Afforestation

Answer 4

Afforestation is when new trees are planted or seeds are sown in an area where there were no trees before, creating a new forest.

Question 5

What is a storm Hydrograph?

Answer 5

Is a graph that shows how the discharge of a river varies over time

Question 5

Rising limb

Answer 5

shows how quickly the flood water begins tp rise

Question 7

Recessional limb

Answer 7

the speed at which the level in the water declines after its peak

Question 8

Artificial recharge

Answer 8

Artificial recharge is the practice of increasing the amount of water that enters an aquifer through human-controlled means.

Question 9

Regime

Answer 9

the way in which the discharge of the river changes over time or in the course of the year

Question 10

Natural discharge

Answer 10

Means of spring flow and seepage into surface water bodies