Theme 1 - Rivers Flashcards
1
Q
What is Percolation?
A
When water moves vertically down through soil and rock
2
Q
What is Throughflow ?
A
When water in the soil flows downhill
3
Q
What is Groundwater flow?
A
When water in a rock flows downhill
4
Q
What is Surface runoff?
A
When water flows overground
5
Q
What is Channel flow?
A
The flow of water in a river
6
Q
What is Channel storage?
A
When water is held in a river
7
Q
What is Groundwater storage?
A
When water is stored underground in soil and rock
8
Q
What is a Aquifer? And give an example
A
A rock that stores water e.g. Chalk
9
Q
What is Interception storage?
A
When water lands on things like leaves and doesn’t hit the ground
10
Q
What is surface storage?
A
When water is held in things like lakes, reservoirs and puddles
11
Q
What is Infiltration?
A
When water soaks into the soil
