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Pregunta | Respuesta |
What is this cycle called? | |
How many percentage of water does sea and ocean contain? | 97% |
How much percentage of water does ice contain? | 2% |
How much percentage of water is there on land and air? | 1% |
What is the process called that's recycles the water? | Evaporation, condensation and water transfers |
What is a drainage basin? | Area of land drained by the river |
What is an catchment area? | The area within the drainage basin |
What is watershed? | The edge of highlands surrounding the drainage basin, it marks the boundary between 2 drainage basin. |
What is the source? | The start of the river |
Confluence | The point of which 2 rivers or stream join together |
Tributary | Smaller stream or river which joins bigger streams or river |
Mouth | Where the river ends and enter the sea |
What is hydraulic action? | Air trapped in cranks causing the bank to be weaker and wears it away |
What is abrasion? | Rocks carried along by the river wears down the river bed and bank. |
What is attrition? | Rocks smash together and breaking into smaller rocks |
What is solution? | Soluble particles dissolved into the water |
(Transport) Solution | minerals are dissolved in water and carried along in solution |
(Transport) Suspension | Fine light materials is carried along the water |
(Transport) Saltation | Small pebbles and stone are bounced along the river bed |
(Transport) Traction | Large boulder and rocks are rolled along the river bed |
What is deposition? | When the river loses energy, it will drop some of the material that it's carrying |
What can deposition form? | A delta |
What are the energy and size of the waves influenced by? | 1:how long the wind has been blowing 2:The strength of the wind 3:How far the waves have travelled |
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