Rivers

Question 1

What is a Flash Flood

Answer 1

High volumes of water in a short space of time

Very hard baked ground cannot absorb water. This increases overland low causing rivers to overflow.

Question 2

What is Abstraction of Water

Answer 2

Taking water from a source. This can be surface water or ground water.

Question 3

What is Aguifers - Abstraction

Answer 3

These are ground water stores found in porous rock types such as chalk.

Question 4

What is Re-Charge

Answer 4

Water entering an Aguifer

Question 5

What is Discharge

Answer 5

Water leaving an Aguifer

Question 6

What is Overabstraction

Answer 6

When Discharge is higher than Re-charge

Question 7

Why is water abstracted from Aguifers?

Answer 7

Drinking Water
Farming + Irrigation
Industry
The chalk filters the water which is very pure.

Question 8

Attrition

Answer 8

Rocks collide

Question 9

Solution/Corrosion

Answer 9

Rocks dissolve

Question 10

Suspension

Answer 10

Clay + Sediment carried in a river

Question 11

Saltation

Answer 11

Small rocks and pebbles bounce along the river bed

Question 12

Traction

Answer 12

Large rocks and boulders

Question 13

Hydraulic Action

Answer 13

Force of the water

Question 14

Abrasion

Answer 14

Scraping