Hydrological System of a Drainage Basin

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Soil infiltration flow, Percolation flow, Overland flow, Throughflow, Groundwater flow

Give examples of flows/transfers within the River Drainage Basin System?

Evapotranspiration, Rivers entering the sea or lake

Give examples of outputs from the River Drainage Basin System?

Surface storage (rivers & lakes), Soil Moisture Storage, Groundwater Storage

Give examples of storage within the River Drainage Basin System?

Open System

Is the river drainage basin system an OPEN or CLOSED system?

Channel flow: Water in streams

What does channel flow mean?

Water percolates into deep bedrock.

What does deep percolation mean?

Water loss by evaporation from the soil and by transpiration from plants.

What does evapotranspiration mean?

Water flowing through porous bedrock in the ground

What does ground water flow mean?

Any moisture from the sky - rain, snow, sleet, hail, dew.

What does precipitation mean?

Water infiltrates into the soil

What does soil infiltration mean?

Surface flow: water flowing over saturated fields

What does surface flow mean?

Water flowing through the soil

What does throughflow mean?

When the leaves on trees intercept the rainfall before it touches the ground.

What does vegetation interception mean?

Precipitation

Which answer is an input to the River Drainage Basin?


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