Rivers & The Drainage Basin

Question 0

When was the Boscastle Flood?

Answer 0

The 16th August 2004.

Question 1

What is precipitation?

Answer 1

Any liquid that falls from the sky eg. Snow, Sleet, Hail or Rain.

Question 2

Name the only input into a Drainage Basin?

Answer 2

Precipitation.

Question 3

Name an output from the Drainage Basin?

Answer 3

Either- Evaporation, Evapotranspiration, Transpiration, water leaving the Drainage Basin via the River Channel.

Question 4

Name 3 Flows/Transfers in the Drainage Basin?

Answer 4

Either: Stemflow, Surface Runoff, Infiltration, Throughflow, Percolation or Groundwater Flow.

Question 5

Name 2 Storages of the Drainage Basin?

Answer 5

Either- Interception Storage, Surface Storage, Groundwater Storage.

Question 6

What is a Drainage Basin?

Answer 6

An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.

Question 7

What is a Watershed?

Answer 7

The area of land separating a drainage basin

Question 8

What is a flood?

Answer 8

Where a river bursts its banks and spills onto the floodplain.