Human Impacts Water Cycle Flashcards

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What does ploughing do?

A

Breaks up surface, increasing infiltration

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What does pastoral farming do?

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Compacts soils, reducing infiltration and increasing run off

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What does arable farming do?

A

Increase interception and evapotranspiration

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What does deforestation reduce?

A

Interception and evapotranspiration, infiltration increases

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What does water abstraction reduce?

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Volume of water in river stores

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