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Theme 1: Rivers Flashcards

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What is an estuary?

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Part of a river that is tidal and meets the stream

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What is a watershed?

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The boundary between two drainage basins

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What is the mouth?

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Where a river enters the sea

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What is the confluence?

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Where two or more streams or rivers channels meet

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What is infiltration?

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When water soaks into the soil

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What is percolation?

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When water moves vertically down through soil and rock

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What is throughflow?

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When water in the soil flows downhill

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What is groundwater flow?

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Movement of water underground through rocks

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What is surface runoff?

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When water flows overground

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What is channel flow?

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The flow of water in a river

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What is channel storage

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When water is held in a river

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What is groundwater storage?

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When water is stored underground in soil and rock.

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What is interception?

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Collection of water by vegetation

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What is surface storage?

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When water is held in things like lakes, reservoirs and puddles

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What is a water table?

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The upper level of underground water

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What is evaportranspiration?

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Evaporation from the earths surface and transpiration from plant

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What is transpiration?

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Loss of moisture in plants

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What does permeable mean?

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Does let water through

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What does impermeable mean?

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Does not let water through

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What does saturated mean?

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All the spaces in the soil are filled with water

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Give two facts about the River Tees:River Features Case Study

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  • the River Tees rises on eastward slope ,Cross Fell in the Pennines, 750km high and flows east 85 miles draining in North Sea
  • High force. Waterfall at 21.5m high. Consists of 3 different types of rock
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What is a river basin?

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An area of land that is drained by a river and tributaries

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