Year 10 River Introduction Keywords

Rain, hail, sleet and snow can be described as.....

This process describes water changing form, and transferring from the soil to the air

• Evapo-transpiration

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

Humans might dig wells or use pumps to access water deep below the surface. This water store is known as G.....

This describes the edge of a drainage basin

• Catching Area

• Confluence

• Watershed

• Water Area

A drainage basin is an example of ..

• An open system

• A closed system

Choose two words that could describe this area of a river

Name a man made factor that can affect infiltration

Which of these surfaces would allow more water to infiltrate?

• Bare rock

• Clay soil

• Sandy soil

• School playground

Which drainage basin would have faster surface runoff?

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The flat land surrounding a river in the lower course, is known as a...