Hydrological Concepts Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four major types of water?
A
Atmospheric water, surface water, groundwater, cryosphere
2
Q
What is the basic conservation equation?
A
Quantity in - quantity out = change in storage quantity
3
Q
What is a system?
A
A region with defined boundaries that can receive input and provide output of a conservative quantity
4
Q
What is storage?
A
And imbalance between input and output, results in change in the conservative quantity stored in the system
5
Q
What is a drainage basin/catchment/watershed?
A
The total geographic area drained by a river and its tributaries
6
Q
What is discharge?
A
Q, the volume of H2O in a stream moving past a point in a unit time interval
7
Q
What is a steady state?
A
No change in storage
