Human Impacts Water Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
What does ploughing do?
A
Breaks up surface, increasing infiltration
2
Q
What does pastoral farming do?
A
Compacts soils, reducing infiltration and increasing run off
3
Q
What does arable farming do?
A
Increase interception and evapotranspiration
4
Q
What does deforestation reduce?
A
Interception and evapotranspiration, infiltration increases
5
Q
What does water abstraction reduce?
A
Volume of water in river stores
