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1
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what is the drainage basin

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an open system that is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries

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what are the 3 types of inputs affecting the hydrological cycle

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  1. convectional- ground warms causing evaportation which casues intense weather
  2. orographic- warm moist air forced to rise overupland areas causing rainfall
  3. frontal- moist air meets colder polar ari forming rain
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what are the physical factors affceting the drainage basin

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  1. interception
  2. infiltration
  3. percolstion
  4. direct runoff
  5. saturated overland flow
  6. infiltration excess overland flow
  7. growndwater flow
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what is intercerption

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raindrops are prevented from from falling directly onto the ground surface due to the layer of vegetation

vegetation prevents the rate of precipitation

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5
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what is infiltration

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where water is absorbed

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what is percolstion

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similar to inflitration however involves deeper transfer of water into permeble rock

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what is direct runoff

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water flowing over the surface of the ground

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what is saturated overland flow

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occurs when water accumulates in the soil and cannot absorb any more water. This causes water to run off the surface.

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what is infiltration excess overland flow

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occurs when rainfall intensity exceeds
the infiltration capacity so excess water flows over the ground surface

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what are the 3 physical factors affceting the driange basin outputs

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  1. evaporation
  2. transpiration
  3. channel flow
    4.
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what is channel flow

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water that has been collected to flow in a river or stream

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what

what is evapotranspiration

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The total amount water removes from the drainage basin by the process of transpiration and evaporation

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name the 5 factors whihc determine the importance of the flows outputs and inputs

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  1. climate
  2. soils
  3. veg
  4. geology
  5. relief
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vegations contibution

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transpiration increases deu to more vegeation
vegetaion with a low albedo wiill reflect will absorb more solar rad meaing increased evaporation

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climates contribution

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– influences
amount of rainfall and
vegetation growth.

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soils contribution

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nfluences rate of infiltration
and throughflow.

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geologys contibution

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affects
percolation and
groundwater flow

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relief conribution

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➢ Relief – steeper gradients
of land will encourage faster
rates of surface runoff

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name the 4 human disruptions of the drainage basin

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cloud seeding
urbanisation
dam construction
groundwater abstraction

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what is cloud seeding

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this is the attempt to change the amount or type of preciptation by dispersing substances into the air.

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what is urbanisationan and what does it create

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urbanisation creates impermeable surfaces that reduce infiltration adn increase surface runoff

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what are the increases and decreases of dam construction

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dams increase surface water stores
adn evaporatioon
and reduce downstream river discharge

23
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what

what is groundwater abstarction

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groundwater is abstacted from some aquifers faster than it is replaced

24
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h

what is a water budget

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shows the annual balance bewteen inputs(precip)and outputs(evapotranspiration, channel flow).

25
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what is a river regime

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the annual variation in the dischareg of a river

26
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what is the watershed

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boundary of the drainage basin

27
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how has defroestation affcted the amazonian river

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-has lowered humidity’s
-less precipitation
-more surface runoff
-more evaporation, less transpiration
-more soil erosion and slit being fed into the rivers.

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decribe the features fo the amazonian rainforest

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  1. 6308 km long
  2. drains a basin of nearly 6 million km2
  3. humid tropical climate
  4. peak discharge in may, lowest in september
29
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what is the discharge of a river

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the volume of water flowing through a river channel

30
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describe the features of the yukon river

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  1. 3540 km long
    2.drainage basin area of 850,000
    3.tundra climate
    4.peak dischareg in may, lowest in decemeber
    5.
31
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describe the features of the river nile

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  1. changed deu to the aswan dam
  2. flow was reduced by 65%
  3. flood peaks in september
    4.
32
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what does a stormhydrograph show

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variations in rivers discharge at a specific point over a short period of time

33
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what are the main features of a storm hydrograph

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-the rising limb
-peak discharge
-lag time
-falling/ recessional limb
-base flow

34
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rising limb

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where the discharge starts to rise after the rainfall starts

35
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peak discharge

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reached after the peak rainfall
-its the greatest vol of water-flooding may occur

35
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base flow

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where the rivers dischareg eventually returns to normal

35
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lag time

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the interval between the peak rainfall and the peak discharge

36
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falling limb

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once the rainfall starts to decrease so deos the discharge

36
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what the two ways a storm hydrograph can be described

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flashy and subdeud

37
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what is a flashy hydrograph

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very steep limbs(rising)

1)high peak discharge
2) short lag time

38
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what is a subdued hydrograph

A

hydrographs with gently inclined limbs
1)low peak discharge
2)long lag time

39
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de

describe the drainage basin size of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f=small basin
s=large basin

40
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describe the drainage basin shape of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

describe the drainage basin shape of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-circular basin
s-enlongated basin

41
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describe the drainage basin relief of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-steep slope
s-gentle slope

42
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describe the soil type of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-clay soils, thin, low porosity-water infiltrates slowly
s-sandy soils and thick soils-high porotity-more infiltration

43
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describe the rock type of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-imperable rock-increases surfaec runoff
s-permeablel rocks

44
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describe the rock type of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-imperable rock -increases surface runoff
s-permable rock-

45
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describe the drainage density of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-high drainage density
s-low drainage density

46
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describe the natural vegetation of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-thin grass-intercepts little water
s-forests and woodland-intercepts water-high evaporation rates

47
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describe the land use of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-urban surfaces-harder surfaces-carry water more rapdily to water sources
s-rural-vegetated surfaces-intercept water-allow interception-travel slower to water sources

48
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describe the preciptation intensity of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-high intensisty-
s-low intensity

49
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describe the preciptation duration of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-prolonged-water table rises and soil becomes saturated
s-short duration-

50
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describe the snowfall of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-fast snowmelt
s-slow snowmelt

51
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describe the evapotranspiration of a flashy and subdued hydrograph

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f-low rates-fewer losses from the drainage basin
s-high rates- high evapotranspiration losses will reduce discharge into the river channel

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