Hydrosphere Vocabulary

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DRAINAGE BASIN

• A large body of salt water
• An area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet
• A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
• The area around each part of the river.

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RIVER CATCHMENT AREA

• A place in a river system where water is collected

• The areas from which pupils travel to attend school

• The back of a goal

• Where a river starts

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CONFLUENCE

• A place where two rivers or streams join to become one
• The origin of the river

• The end of the river

• A small river that flows into a larger river.

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TRIBUTARY

• A place where two rivers or streams join to become one
• The origin of the river

• The end of the river

• A small river that flows into a larger river.

A river flows from it's ​ (a)   to it's ​ (b)   .

• source
• mouth
• start
• end
• confluence
• tributary

The hydrological cycle can be broken in to 4 parts which are

• inputs

  outputs

  processes

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  outputs

  storage

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  outputs

  storage

  flow/transfer

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  outputs

  flow/transfer

  drainage

interception, surface storage, soil moisture and ground water are all...

• inputs

• outputs

• flow/transfer

• storage

Rain, hail, sleet and snow are the 4 types of precipitation which make up which part of the hydrological cycle?

• inputs

• outputs

• flow/transfer

• storage

Transpiration, evaporation, and the water in a river are all types of...

• inputs

• outputs

• flow/transfer

• storage

Surface run-off, infiltration and percolation are all types of...

• inputs

• outputs

• flow/transfer

• storage