Rivers Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries?
A drainage basin
The name for scientists who study rainfall and drainage basin systems to help develop more sustainable ways of managing water.
Hydrologists
The line that separates one drainage basin from another which determines the direction water and rivers will drain.
Watershed
If water lands on the other side of a watershed, what happens to it?
It will enter another drainage basin
If rock is impermeable, what is it unable to do?
Absorb water into the ground as groundwater
What is the process of water entering the ground?
Infiltration
What is the process of evaporated water turning into clouds?
Condensation
What holds 0.5% of the Earth’s water and has an estimated storage of 1000’s of years?
The Lithosphere
What sphere holds 97.5% of the Earth’s water?
The Hydrosphere
What is the name of the start of a river?
Source
What is the name for the end of a river?
Mouth
The closer contour lines are together are on a map, the…
Steeper the slope
What is GIS an acronym for?
Geographical Information System
Low-lying land formed by lateral erosion
Flood plain
The remains of a meander when it becomes cut off
Ox-bow lake
Where deposition occurs on the inside of a meander
Slip-off slope
Water pushing against the sides of land forming cracks and breaking rock
Hydraulic action
Rivers cannot flow ______ without manmade intervention. Fill in the blank
Uphill
Deforestation can cause flooding. Why is this?
There are less trees to intercept incoming rain
