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| Questão | Responda |
| The Hydrological Cycle | An open system with inputs, outputs, stores and transfer flows. |
| Drainage Basin | The area drained by a river and it's tributaries. |
| Catchment Area | The drainage basin on a smaller scale for a small stream. |
| Watershed | A line that contains and separates drainage basins. |
| Confluence | Where two rivers join. |
| Tributary | A small river that joins into a larger one. |
| Distributary | Where a large river splits off into two smaller rivers. |
| Estuary | The tidal mouth of a river. |
| Channel | Where the river flows. |
| Interfluve | The land between two channels. |
| Evaporation | The loss of water through the sun's heating of it. |
| Evapotranspiration | The combined loss of water from transpiration and evaporation. |
| Transpiration | The loss of water through the leaves of plants. |
| Precipitation | All forms of moisture that reach the ground. |
| Percolation | The flow of water into rock by gravitational pull. |
| Interception | The catchment of water on natural or man-made surfaces before it reaches the ground/soil. |
| Throughflow | The movement of water within the soil downslope. |
| Stem-flow | The movement of water down the exterior surfaces of natural objects. |
| Surface Storage | The total volume of water held on the surface of the Earth. |
| Infiltration | The downward movement of water into the soil. |
| Soil Water Storage | Water held in the soil. |
| Groundwater Storage | The storage of water underground in permeable rock strata. |
| Vegetation Storage | The water held in vegetation. |
| Surface Run-Off | The movement of water over the surface of the land. |
| Groundwater Flow | The deepest movement of water downslope within rock. |
| Channel Storage | Water held in the river channel. |
| Channel Flow | The water movement downslope within the channel. |
| Channel Run-off | The movement of water out of the hydrological cycle into stationary bodies of water. |
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