Drainage Basin — Outputs (Water leaving the system)

Question 1

Define Evaporation

Answer 1

.Liquid water turning into water vapour (gas) and rising to the atmosphere after it is heated by sun.

Question 2

Define Transpiration

Answer 2

.Evaporation from within leaves due to heating from sun

. Occurs when plants respire through their leaves

.Plants and trees take up water through roots and transport it to their leaves where it evaporates into the atmosphere through their stomata

Question 3

Define Evapotranspiration

Answer 3

. The process of evaporation and transpiration together

. The total output of water from the drainage basin into the atmosphere, in the context of the drainage basin

Question 4

Define River Discharge / Stream Flow

Answer 4

. When water that enters a drainage basin leaves through stream that drain the basin.

. May flow as tributaries into other rivers or directly into lakes and oceans

Question 5

Name the four outputs

Answer 5

. Evaporation
. Transpiration
. Evapotranspiration
. River Discharge / Stream Flow

Question 6

Define Tributaries

Answer 6

.stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water

Question 7

Define Confluence Point

Answer 7

. The points where two rivers or tributaries meet

Question 8

Define Mouth

Answer 8

. Where the river meets the sea

Question 9

Define Source

Answer 9

. Where the river begins