Floods

What is the main factor that contributes to flooding, if you are in a MOUNTAINOUS region?

• Impermeable surface.

• Soggy (wet) soil.

• Steep slopes.

• No trees.

What is the main factor that contributes to flooding, if you are in the FIELD?

• Impermeable surface.

• No storm drains.

• Steep slopes.

• No trees.

What is the main factor that contributes to flooding, if IT HAS BEEN RAINING FOR A WEEK already?

• Impermeable surface.

• Soggy soil.

• Steep slopes.

• No trees.

What is the main factor that contributes to flooding, if YOU ARE IN A CITY?

• Impermeable surface.

• Soggy (wet) soil.

• Steep slopes.

• No trees.

What is the main factor that contributes to flooding in this picture?

• Impermeable surface.

• Soggy (wet) soil.

• Steep slopes.

• No trees.

What is the main factor that contributes to flooding in this picture?

• Impermeable surface.

• Soggy (wet) soil.

• Steep slopes.

• No trees.

What is the main factor that contributes to flooding in this picture?

• Impermeable surface.

• Soggy (wet) soil.

• Steep slopes.

• No trees.

Look at the picture on page 94 of geography textbook.

What do you call the process when water seeps trough the ground?

• Rain water

• Surface runoff

• Infiltration

• Throughflow

• Groundwater flow

The same picture.

What do you call water that runs deep under the ground?

• Rain water

• Surface runoff

• Infiltration

• Throughflow

• Groundwater flow

The same picture.

What do you call the process when rain water runs down the ground without seeping into it?

• Rain water

• Surface runoff

• Infiltration

• Throughflow

• Groundwater flow