Flooding Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
What is Precipitation?
A
Any water falling from the sky.
2
Q
What is Interception?
A
When trees catch precipitation and stop it from reaching the ground.
3
Q
What is evapotranspiration?
A
Water lost from the ground through evaporation
4
Q
What is Infiltration?
A
Water sinking into the soil from the ground surface.
5
Q
What is percolation?
A
Water sinking deeper into the ground.
6
Q
What is the surface runoff?
A
Water flowing on top of the ground.
7
Q
What is Throughflow?
A
What flowing through the soil below the ground.
8
Q
What is impermeable rock?
A
Rocks that can’t soak in water.
