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Question 1

What are the three main hydrological processes?

Answer 1

Evaporation
Condensation
Percolation

Question 2

What is small scale water management?

Answer 2

An intermediate technology solution to any water related problem, this usually costs a significantly smaller amount than a large scale management project.

Question 3

What is large scale water management?

Answer 3

A solution to water related dilemmas via the use of advanced technology, this usually costs a large amount of money and takes a long time to develop.

Question 4

What is precipitation?

Answer 4

Rain, Snow or sleet that falls to or condenses on the ground.

Question 5

What is overland flow?

Answer 5

Overland flow is the movement of water over the land, down slope toward a surface water body. Overland flow is a very important aspect of the water cycle and can be generated under two different physical mechanisms.

Question 6

What is through flow?

Answer 6

the flowing of liquid or air through something.

Question 7

What is groundwater flow?

Answer 7

In hydro geology, groundwater flow is defined as the “…part of stream flow that has infiltrated the ground, and has been discharged into a stream channel, via springs or seepage water”. It is governed by the groundwater flow equation.

Question 8

What positive functions does the Abingdon reservoir have?

Answer 8

Stores water and could generate HEP

Can design for local e.g. windsurfing

Question 9

What negative functions does the Abingdon reservoir have?

Answer 9

Potential loss of farmland
More likely to flood
Disease and mosquitoes ( especially in poorer countries)
Methane accumulates as a result of rotting vegetation.

Question 10

Where is the river Thames located?

Answer 10

Southern England, London

Question 11

Where is the Queen Mary reservoir located?

Answer 11

borough of Spelthorne in Surrey

Question 12

Can river pollution be regulated?

Answer 12

Yes it can, here are some solutions: 
Narrowing of a river
More efficient removal of increasing rubbish
Built riverside roads and walkways
Covered huge pipes carrying sewage.

Question 13

What is the Water cycle?

Answer 13

the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.

Question 14

What are the outcomes of an unreliable water supply?

Answer 14

Disease
poor sanitation
unclean drinking water
political problems

Question 15

Causes of river pollution?

Answer 15

Nuclear plants
fertilizers
litter
trespassing

Question 16

What is the long term effect of climate change on water supplies

Answer 16

A warmer climate will melt icebergs, this will cause water levels to rise and specifically near the UK as we are not far from the antartic or the North pole.

Question 17

What is the short term effect of climate change on water supplies

Answer 17

Wouldn’t be a server impact, it would be seasonal and perhaps impact agriculture occasionally.

Question 18

Methods of Large scale water management?

Answer 18

Dams, Reservoirs

Question 19

Disadvantages of large scale water management

Answer 19

Are expensive to build and maintain
People can lose homes.
Can be potential risk for flooding.

Question 20

Advantages of large scale water management

Answer 20

Are organised and created by the government
Covers large areas
Highly effective.