AS-Level Physical Geography Definitions with correct answers.

AS-Level Physical Geography Definitions drainage basin - correct answers.Refers to the area drained by a river and its tributaries. Hydrology - correct answers.The study of water as it moves on, and under and through the Earth's surface. Hydrological Cycle - correct answers.The movement of water between air, land and sea. Precipitation - correct answers.The conversion and transfer of moisture in the atmosphere to the land. It includes rainfall, snow, frost, hail and dew. Interception - correct answers.The precipitation that is collected and stored by vegetation. Evaporation - correct answers.Refers to the transformation of liquid water from the Earth's surface into a gas (water vapour). Transpiration - correct answers.The water loss from vegetation to the atmosphere. Evapotranspiration - correct answers.The combined loss of water to the atmosphere through transpiration and evaporation Infiltration - correct answers.The process by which water soaks into, or is absorbed by, the soil. Runoff - correct answers.The water that flows over the land's surface. Flood Hydrograph - correct answers.Shows how discharge of a river varies over a short time - normally it refers to an individual storm or group of storms of not more than a few days in duration.