Rivers Geography IGCSE

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What is an open system?

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A system that has inputs, processes and outputs

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Closed systems

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A continual circulation, there is a definite amount of water in the system and that this amount does not change.

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Inputs

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Water that enters a drainage basin system

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Outputs are...

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Water lost from the drainage basin system

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What is a River Drainage Basin System?

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All rivers receive a water supply from a drainage basin system

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Drainage Divide

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Higher ridge of land, the boundary between one drainage basin and another

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What is a River's Source?

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The place where a river starts

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River's mouth?

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The part of a river that connects/intercepts with the ocean

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Tributary

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A freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water.

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What happens at a confluence of a river?

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When the river is divided and separated into different river flows.