drainage basin hydrological cycle

Question 1

what is soil water storage?

Answer 1

water held in the soil

Question 2

what is vegetation storage?

Answer 2

water held on the surface of vegetation

Question 3

what is transpiration?

Answer 3

loss of water from surface of leaves

Question 4

what is infiltration?

Answer 4

absorption into the soil

Question 5

what is throughflow/stem flow?

Answer 5

water that falls from the leaves and branches to the ground

Question 6

what is precipitation?

Answer 6

all forms of moisture

Question 7

what is groundwater flow?

Answer 7

movement of water through rocks horizontally

Question 8

what is evaporation?

Answer 8

where water droplets turn into vapour by the sun

Question 9

what is channel storage?

Answer 9

water held as a store in a river/stream

Question 10

what is groundwater storage?

Answer 10

water storage in rocks

Question 11

what is surface runoff?

Answer 11

water runs off the surface to eventually reach the river

Question 12

what is channel flow?

Answer 12

water moving in the river as it flows

Question 13

what is throughflow?

Answer 13

the movement of water downslope towards river within the soil

Question 14

what is surface storage?

Answer 14

any water stored in the surface of the ground e.g. lakes

Question 15

what is interception?

Answer 15

raindrop prevented from reaching the surface by leaves, stems and branches

Question 16

what is river runoff?

Answer 16

water leaving the drainage basin system

Question 17

what is percolation?

Answer 17

water moving vertically through rock (under soil), some rocks permeable (limestone), others impermeable.