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Drainage basin

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The area drained by a river and it’s tributaries

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Watershed

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Boundary between drainage basins

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Hydrological cycle

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A cycle to represent the flow of water in a solid liquid or gas state between the earth and atmosphere

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Bed load

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The matter that is transported along the river bed by the flow of the water

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Transpiration

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The process of water loss from plants to the atmosphere

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Oxbow lake

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The remnants left behind when the river is powerful enough to cut through a meander

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Efficiency

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How good the river is at transporting load and moving through the channel from source to mouth

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Cross profile

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A “slice” of the river’s profile

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Runoff

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Excess water travelling along the ground. This happens when the water can’t infiltrate into the ground

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Gorge

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A steep-sided, narrow cut in the valley rock usually caused by waterfall erosion

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Flooding

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The result of when the discharge of the river exceeds the channel’s peak capacity

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Evaporation

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The change of state from liquid to gas from exposed water surfaces

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Precipitation

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The deposition of water from the atmosphere in liquid or solid form (rain or snow)

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Evapotranspiration

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The output which combines evaporation and transpiration

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Overland flow

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Water that moves across the surface of the ground into streams rather than being absorbed

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Percolation

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The process by which water moves into ground’s surface

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Infiltration

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The vertical movement of water in the zone of unsaturated soil or ground

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Through flow

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The downslope movement of water within the soil

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Groundwater

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The store of water held beneath the water table

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Interception - STORE!

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When precipitation is trapped on the surface of vegetation

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Stem flow

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Intercepted precipitation runs down the stems of plants to reach the ground

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Water table

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Upper level of ground water

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Through fall

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Water that drips off leaves when more water falls onto the leaves than can remain

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Storm hydrograph

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Graphical display of fluctuations in channel discharge

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Baseflow

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Water that reaches the channel through slow through flow

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Stormflow

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Water that reaches the channel largely through runoff

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Water budget

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Balance between inputs and outputs

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Potential evaporation

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Max. evaporation that could occur if water was always available

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Hydraulic action

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Sheer force of water dislodges particles from river’s bed and banks

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Abrasion

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Bed and banks are worn by the river’s load. Water throws these particles against the bed and banks at high velocity

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Attrition

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River’s load bumps into eachother and so are smoothed and broken down into smaller particles

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Corrosion/solution

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Chemical action of river water. Acids in water slowly dissolve the bed and banks. This only occurs in some rocks - e.g. chalk and limestone

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Solution

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Material dissolved in river water

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Suspension

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Load is light enough to be carried in the water

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Traction

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Load is rolled along river bed - too heavy to be carried

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Saltation

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Load bounces along river bed

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Sheer stress

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Force acting on a body that causes movement of the body down a slope

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River capacity

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The amount of material it can transport

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River competence

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Diameter of the largest particle that it can carry for a given velocity

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Discharge

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The volume of water flowing through a river (cumecs)

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Cross profile

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Similar to cross-section - view of valley from one side to the other

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Graded profile

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River that is energy efficient and has a perfect concave sharp

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Hydraulic radius

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Cross-sectional area divided by wetted perimeter

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Rapids

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Sudden increase in the slope of the channel where the river flows over harder bands of rock and erodes the softer bands

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Potholes

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Pebbles carried by river swirl in eddies and erode a circular hollow in the river bed

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Helicoidal flow

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Corkscrew motion within the fastest flow of water

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Floodplain

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Flat, adjacent land next to a river - when rivers flood, the water moves onto the floodplain

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Braided streams

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Occur when the river is forced to split into several different channels

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Levee

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Natural/man made embankments either side of the river channel

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Delta

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Depositional feature at mouth of river - arcuate, cuspate and bird’s foot

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Flocculation

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Salt and fresh water mix

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Rejuvenation

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Increase of energy in river - fall in sea level or rise in land

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Knick point

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Sudden irregularity in gradient/river channel

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Eustatic changes

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Climatic changes - sea level changes due to ice melt or advancing/retreating ice sheets

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Isostatic changes

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Land changes relative to sea - ice depresses land

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Flash flooding

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Extremely heavy rainfall occurs and cannot be infiltrated so becomes heavy runoff

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Hard engineering

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Controlled destruction of natural processes by using man-made structures

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Soft engineering

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Long term, sustainable methods of flood prevention - less impact on environment

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Laminar flow

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Smooth, without turbulence

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Riffles

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Shallow section of fast flowing water

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Pools

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Deport stretches of slow moving water

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Risk

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The exposure of people to an event that has the potential to cause damage or harm

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