Flashcards in 1.2 Rainfall- discharge relationships with drainage basins Deck (10)
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River Regime
Annual variation in the flow of a river
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Flood or Storm hydrograph
Shows how a river changes over a short period.
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Rising limb
Shows how quickly the flood waters begin to rise
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Peak flow
Maximum discharge of the river as a result of the storm
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Time lag
Time between the height of the storm and the maximum flow of the river
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Recessional limb
The speed with which the water level in the river declines after the peak
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Baseflow
Normal level of the river, fed by groundwate
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Quickflow or Stormflow
Water that gets into the river as a result of overland runoff
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Annual Hydrograph
(AKA river regime) Average annual flow of a river.
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