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| Normal activity of a river |
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| Amount of water that flows through river bed |
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| Stream or river that flows into a larger one |
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| A graph showing changes in the discharge of a river over a period of time. |
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| Vertical movement or infiltration of water from the Earth's surface to its subsurface. |
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| Part of precipitation retained temporarily at ground surface |
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| Groundwater storage is water that is found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock |
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| The process of water entering soil |
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| When natural features such as leaves or trees stop water from entering ground |
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| Horizontal movement of water through soil |
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| water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity |
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| loss of water vapor from parts of plants |
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| Vaporization of liquid's surface |
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| The volume of water at a given time in the channel or over the flood plain of the streams in a drainage basin or river reach |
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| When water goes through pores |
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| When water goes through spaces in rock |
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| Length of bed + banks in contact w/ river |
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| Ratio between area of cross section and wetted perimeter |
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| The rising portion of the hydrograph resulting from runoff of rainfall or snowmelt. |
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| The time between when a rainfall occurs, and when that water makes it to the river |
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| When the graph declines into normal state |
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| the maximum discharge that a particular river channel is capable of carrying without flooding.. |
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- The amount of water in a stream that results from ground water discharge.
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