Managing Catchments T2 Flashcards

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What continent is the Danude River in?

A

Europe

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What continent is the Congo River in?

A

Africa (south)

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What continent is the Ganges River in?

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South Asia (India)

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What continent is the Hwang Ho River in?

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East Asia (China - Top one) 
Also called Yellow River
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5
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What continent is the Amazon River in?

A

South America (North East)

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What continent is the Mississippi River in?

A

North America (USA)

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What continent is the Nile River in?

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Africa (North East)

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What continent is the Yangtze River in?

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East Asia (China - Lower one)

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9
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What continent is the Mekong River in?

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South Asia (Thailand)

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10
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What continent are the Andes in?

A

South America (West side)

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What continent are the Rockies in?

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North America (USA)

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12
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What is an Esturary

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The wide, low part of a river before it goes into the ocean

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What is the Source of a river?

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Where a river begins at a spring, glacier or lake

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What is a watershed?

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The highland that separates two drainage basins (catchments)

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15
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What is a Tributary?

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A smaller river that feeds a major river

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16
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What is Confluence of a river?

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Where two streams or a river meets

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What is the Mouth of a river?

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Where the river flows into the sea

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What is a Catchment?

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The area drained by a river and its tributaries. Also known as a drainage basin

19
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What is precipitation?

20
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What is condensation?

A

Water condensing into clouds

21
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What is overland flow?

A

When excess water flows down the land

22
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What is Transpiration?

A

The process of plants giving off water vapour

23
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What is evaporation?

A

Water converting from liquid to gas and rising into the air

24
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What is infiltration?

A

water seeping into the soil

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What is Percolation?
water seeping into the rock layer
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What is groundwater flow?
percolated water flowing under ground in the rock layer
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What is Through flow?
Infiltrated water that flows underground in the soil layer
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What is a delta?
the area of land that is formed by a river and its tributaries/distributaries depositing sediment
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What is a distributary?
Tributaries of a river that flow out wards from the river and distribute the river's water
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what countries does the ganges go through?
China, India, Nepal and Bangladesh
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what countries does the amazon river go through?
Peru, Colombia, Brazil
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what countries does the Hwang ho river go through?
china
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what countries does the danube river go through?
Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine
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what countries does the nile river go through?
Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt
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what countries does the yangtze river go through?
china
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what country is the mississippi river in?
USA
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what country does the congo river go through?
Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Central African Republic and Cameroon
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what country does the mekong river go through?
China, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.