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What are the physical factors that can affect overland flow or run off?
What are the physical factors that can affect overland flow or run off?
Rock type and relief
What are the built-up areas of towns and cities referred to as?
What are the built-up areas of towns and cities referred to as?
Urban areas
What is the term for the amount of water carried by a river at any one time?
What is the term for the amount of water carried by a river at any one time?
Discharge
What is the dividing line between neighboring drainage basins called?
What is the dividing line between neighboring drainage basins called?
What is the term for the variations in river discharge throughout the year?
What is the term for the variations in river discharge throughout the year?
What are the two flows that make up the river's discharge during a rainstorm?
What are the two flows that make up the river's discharge during a rainstorm?
What is the first process in the hydrological cycle?
What is the first process in the hydrological cycle?
What is the term for the transfer of water in any form from the atmosphere to the land or sea surface?
What is the term for the transfer of water in any form from the atmosphere to the land or sea surface?
What is the term for the change in the atmosphere when water vapor cools and becomes liquid?
What is the term for the change in the atmosphere when water vapor cools and becomes liquid?
What is the term for the transfer of water downwards through the soil and rock into the aquifer or groundwater store?
What is the term for the transfer of water downwards through the soil and rock into the aquifer or groundwater store?
What is the term for the underground transfer of water to rivers, lakes, and the sea?
What is the term for the underground transfer of water to rivers, lakes, and the sea?
What is the term for the transfer of water between the ground surface and the top of the groundwater store?
What is the term for the transfer of water between the ground surface and the top of the groundwater store?
What is the difference between a store and a flow?
What is the difference between a store and a flow?
Which store holds the largest amount of water?
Which store holds the largest amount of water?
List the possible physical consequences of melting ice sheets and glaciers.
List the possible physical consequences of melting ice sheets and glaciers.
Why is the hydrological cycle a closed system and the drainage basin cycle an open system?
Why is the hydrological cycle a closed system and the drainage basin cycle an open system?
Is there an inland sea in the country where you live?
Is there an inland sea in the country where you live?
Why might drainage basins close to one another have different drainage densities?
Why might drainage basins close to one another have different drainage densities?
What are the two main processes involved in shaping landforms?
What are the two main processes involved in shaping landforms?
What is the lag time?
What is the lag time?
What is a storm hydrograph?
What is a storm hydrograph?
What factors affect river regimes and storm hydrographs?
What factors affect river regimes and storm hydrographs?
What is the purpose of a storm hydrograph?
What is the purpose of a storm hydrograph?
What are the highest discharges in the River Thames generally occur?
What are the highest discharges in the River Thames generally occur?
What is mass movement?
What is mass movement?
What are the two main types of mass movement in river valleys?
What are the two main types of mass movement in river valleys?
What causes slumping in river valleys?
What causes slumping in river valleys?
What is the process of attrition in river erosion?
What is the process of attrition in river erosion?
What is deposition in relation to rivers?
What is deposition in relation to rivers?
How does the long profile of a river change downstream?
How does the long profile of a river change downstream?
