Cambridge AS & A Level Geography
1.1The drainage basin system
The drainage basin system in Cambridge AS & A Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 1.1.1Describe the drainage basin as an open system with inputs, outputs, stores and transfers and how they relate.
- 1.1.2Describe the movement of water: precipitation inputs; evaporation, evapotranspiration, condensation and channel-flow outputs; stores; and transfers such as stemflow, throughfall, infiltration, overland flow, throughflow, percolation and baseflow.
- 1.1.3Explain how basin size, shape, drainage density, soils, rocks, vegetation, land use and climate influence the movement of water.
- 1.1.4aRead and interpret annual hydrographs and explain the factors behind variations in discharge through the year.
- 1.1.4bIdentify the parts of a storm hydrograph and explain the factors that influence its shape.
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Hydrographs and stream morphometry
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The drainage basin as a system
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