Hydrology

Question 1

how much percentage of the earths water is made up in rivers

Answer 1

0.3. percent

Question 2

what is hydrology

Answer 2

is the branch of science which looks at teh properties of teh earths waters and its relation in movement to land

Question 3

what is the hydrological system vital for

Answer 3

ecosystems drinking water
heavy influenced by climate change

Question 4

what does hydrology
help us predict

Answer 4

landslides record rainfall

Question 5

what happened 2012 in India

Answer 5

10percent of the world population was without power due to a grid failure as the drought the hydroelectric dam was not woking impacts our everyday lives

Question 6

inputs, through puts and outputs

Answer 6

precipitation, snow melt
infiltration interception run off transpiration
outputs evaporation river flow

Question 7

overland sheet flow

Answer 7

movement of water from the slopes to the river

Question 8

Hortonian Flow

Answer 8

this occur when rainfall exceeds teh amount of infiltration that the land can provide

Question 9

stauration

Answer 9

when the groundwater table moves and saturation can no longer occur to moves through overland flow

Question 10

what do river catchment influence

Answer 10

lag time discharge prevent flooding influecnial size shape

Question 11

Human influences

Answer 11

climate change erratic weather flooding
increasing urbanisation increased imperamble surfaces increasing surface run off and floods
hydrological patterns are a response to climate change

Question 12

lag time is the time

Answer 12

is the time between the peak precipitation and discharge