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Water Cycle Flashcards

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1
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What is the only input?

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Precipitation

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What is precipitation

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Moisture in any form

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What are the six types of storage

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  1. Interception
  2. Vegetation storage
  3. Surface storage
  4. Soil storage
  5. Groundwater storage
  6. Channel storage
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Interception definition

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Temporary storage as water is held by plants, buildings and hard surfaces before it reaches the soil

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Vegetation storage

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Any moisture taken up by and held in the plants

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Soil moisture

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Water held in the soil

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Groundwater storage

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Water held within permeable rocks (acquifer)

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Channel storage

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Water held in rivers and streams

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Name all flows and processes

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Infiltration, throughflow, percolation, stem flow, Base flow, channel flow, surface runoff,

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Infiltration definition

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Water entering the topsoil

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Throughflow definition

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Water seeping through the soil below the surface but above the water table

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Percolation definition

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The downward seeping of water through rocks under gravity, especially on permeable rocks

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Stem flow definition

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Water flowing down plant stems or drainpipes

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Base flow

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Slow moving water that seeps into a river channel (groundwater flow)

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Channel flow

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The volume of water flowing within a river channel

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Surface runoff

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Flow over the surface during an intense storm, or when the ground is frozen or impermeable

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Name all outputs

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Evaporation, transpiration, river discharge, evapotranspiration

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Evaporation definition

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The conversion of water into water vapour

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Transpiration

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Water taken up by the plants and released in the transpiration

20
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Evapotranspiration

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Combined fact of evaporation and transpiration

21
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River discharge

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The volume of water passing a certain point in the channel over a certain point in time

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