Natural Systems A Level Geography AQA CGP p6 Drainage Basins

A ………………………………. is the area of land drained by a river system i.e. a river and its tributaries.

• drainage basin

• confluence

• water table

• watershed

Drainage basins are ..........., local, hydrological cycles, with inputs, outputs, flows and stores.

• closed

• isolated

• open

The boundary or divide that separates one drainage basin from another is called a ' (a)   '.

Water enters into the system as precipitation and leaves by ..................

• condensation, groundwater and river discharge

• evaporation, transpiration and river discharge

• infiltration, sublimation and discharge

Water coming into a drainage system as an input does so through precipitation, which is the odd one out?

• dew

• evaporation

• hail & sleet

• rain

• snow & frost

Water is stored in a drainage system in six different ways.

Which of the following is not a method of storage?

• Infiltration

• Interception

• Groundwater & channel storage

• Surface & soil storage

• Vegetation

  storage

Precipitation often lands on buildings, vegetation and concrete before it reaches the soil.

Identify the type of storage from the photograph.

(a)  

..................is water that has been taken up by plants and it includes all the water contained in plants at any one time.

• Groundwater storage

• Interception

• Vegetation storage

Identify the type of water storage in the photograph, which include lakes, ponds and puddles.

• Groundwater storage

• Channel storage

• Surface storage

In this type of storage, water is stored as moisture in the soil.

• groundwater storage

• soil storage