River Terminology

Match the term:

Water is transferred along the ground surface.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Surface Water/run-off

• Ground water / run-off

Rain, snow, sleet, hail

• Types of evaporation

• Types of precipitation

• Types of condensation

Which of the below defines evaporation?

• Transfer of water from the ground into invisible water vapour in the air.

• Water vapour in the air that cools and changes back into liquid in the form of clouds.

• Water transferred underground.

When water vapour in the air cools and changes back into liquid in the form of clouds it is called.....

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

Which of the following is true?

• Ground water is transferred under the ground.

• ground water is transferred across the surface.

What is this defining....

Transfer of water from plants into water vapour in the air.

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

Where a river ends

Where does a river start?

A stream or river that flows into another river is called what?

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs round the edge of the river/drainage basin?

• Confluence

• Stream

• Source

• Watershed