Drainage basin processes

Question 1

What are the 6 drainage basin processes?

Answer 1

Interception, infiltration, overland flow, evaporation, throughflow and groundwater flow

Question 2

What is interception?

Answer 2

precipitation intercepted by the trees and ground vegetation

Question 3

What is infiltration?

Answer 3

The downward movement of water into the soil

Question 4

What is overland flow?

Answer 4

precipitation reaching the ground flows over the surface until it reaches a river channel

Question 5

What is evaporation?

Answer 5

water on tree leaves, vegetation or lying on the ground/in river channels can be evaporated back into the atmosphere

Question 6

What is throughflow?

Answer 6

infiltrating water continues down slopes through the soil towards the river channel

Question 7

What is groundwater flow?

Answer 7

some infiltrating water continues into pores and crack in the underlying rock and flows towards the river as groundwater