Rivers - Hydrological characteristics

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What % of earth’s water is fresh

  • 2.5% of earth water is freshwater

  • 68.7% of freshwater is in glacier and ice sheets

  • 30% groundwater

  • 1.3% is in river, soil moisture, lakes and the atmosphere

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What is the hydrological cycle?

  • closed system recycling water constantly.

  • Includes stores and flows (transfers).

<ul><li><p><span>closed system recycling water constantly.</span></p></li><li><p style="text-align: start"><span>Includes stores and flows (transfers).</span></p></li></ul>
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List the stores in the hydrological cycle.

- Water in the atmosphere (vapour or droplets in clouds).

   - Surface stores (puddles, lakes, rivers, reservoirs).

   - Interception (water caught on leaves or branches).

   - Aquifers (water held in permeable rocks).

   - Ice, snow, seas, and oceans.

<p><span>- Water in the atmosphere (vapour or droplets in clouds).</span></p><p style="text-align: start"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; - Surface stores (puddles, lakes, rivers, reservoirs).</span></p><p style="text-align: start"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; - Interception (water caught on leaves or branches).</span></p><p style="text-align: start"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; - Aquifers (water held in permeable rocks).</span></p><p style="text-align: start"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; - Ice, snow, seas, and oceans.</span></p>
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Name the main flows in the hydrological cycle.

   - Evaporation, condensation, transpiration, evapotranspiration.

   - Precipitation, overland flow, infiltration, percolation.

   - Throughflow, groundwater flow.

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