Drainage Basins Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Drainage Basin?
A
2
Q
What type of system is a Drainage Basin?
A
Drainage Basins are open systems.
3
Q
What are the inputs for a Drainage Basin?
A
Precipitation.
4
Q
a) What are the three types of precipitation?
b) Describe each of them.
A
a) Orographic,
b) When air masses rise over mountians condensing and then raining.
a) Frontal,
b)When two air masses meet in an area of low preassure causing it to rain.
a) Convectional,
b) Solar radiation evaporates water into vapour causing it to rain.
5
Q
a) What are the outputs for a Drainage Basin?
b) Describe each of them.
A
a) Evaporation,
a) Transpiration,
a) Channel flow,
