Drainage Basins

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What is a drainage basin?
The part of the Hydrological Cycle that happens on land happens in a drainage basin. They are open systems (inputs, outputs, stored and flowing water)
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What inputs occur in drainage basins?
Precipitation
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What outputs occur in drainage basins?
Evaporation, transpiration and river flow into the sea
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What flows occur in drainage basins?
Surface runoff, channel flow, infiltration, throughflow, groundwater flow and percolation
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What stores occur in drainage basins?
Channel storage, groundwater storage, interception storage and surface storage
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What is a watershed?
Boundaries that separate drainage basins. High ridges of land which causes water to go into different basins
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What is a tributary?
A smaller river that joins a main river
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What is a confluence?
The point where 2 rivers meet
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What is the mouth of a river?
Where the river flows into the sea or a lake
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