Drainage Basin Introduction

Question 1

Define Drainage Basin

Answer 1

. A drainage basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. Its the area that supplies a river with its supply of water

.This includes water below the water table, soil water and surface flow

. Cascading systems

. They are open, local hydrological cycles

. They are open systems.

Question 2

Another name for Drainage Basin

Answer 2

. Catchment Area

Question 3

What separates a Drainage Basin from another Drainage Basin?

Answer 3

The watershed.

. The water shed is the boundary of the system. The boundary is the limit of the system

Question 4

Name the Inputs of Drainage Basin System

Answer 4

. Precipitation

. Solar Energy

Question 5

Name the Six Stores of Drainage Basin System

Answer 5

. Interception storage
. Vegetation Storage
. Surface Storage
. Soil Storage
. Groundwater Storage
. Channel Storage

Question 6

Name the 10 Flows of the Drainage Basin System

Answer 6

. Infiltration
. Overland Flow
. Throughfall
. Stemflow
. Throughflow
. Percolation
. Groundwater flow
. Baseflow
. Interflow
. Channel Flow

Question 7

Name the four Outputs of the Drainage Basin System

Answer 7

. Evaporation
. Transpiration
. Evapotranspiration
. River discharge