AS Geography - Rivers

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Has no inputs or outputs.
Closed system
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The process by which cooling vapour turns into liquid.
Condensation
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The point at which two rivers join.
Confluence
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The area which is drained by a river and its tributaries.
Drainage basin
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The total length of all the streams in the basin, divided by the total area of the basin.
Drainage density
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The process where water changes from a liquid to a vapour.
Evaporation
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Water that has sunk through the soil into the rocks below
Groundwater
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The water cycle.
Hydrological cycle
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Where the river ends its journey.
Mouth
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Has inputs and outputs.
Open system
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Water falls on the earth's surface.
precipitation
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The place where a river begins.
Source
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The movement of water over the land, possibly as a river.
Surface runoff
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Made up of inputs and outputs.
System
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Plants giving off water vapour from their leaves.
Transpiration
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A smaller river joining a larger river.
Tributary
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The boundary between two fringe basins marked by high land.
Watershed
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Showing changes in the discharge of a river over a period of time.
Storm Hydrograph
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A surface that doesn't let water pass through
Impermeable
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Card 2

Front

The process by which cooling vapour turns into liquid.

Back

Condensation

Card 3

Front

The point at which two rivers join.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The area which is drained by a river and its tributaries.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The total length of all the streams in the basin, divided by the total area of the basin.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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