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| The taking of water form rivers, lakes and from below the watertable |
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| The usual level of a river |
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| The pattern of linked streams and rivers within a drainage basin |
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| A large structure, usually of concrete, sometimes earth, built across a river to hold back a large body of water (reservoir) for human use |
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| The quantity of water flowing in a river channel at a particular location and time |
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| The wearing away and removal of materials by a moving force, such as running water |
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| The dropping of material that was being carried by a moving force, such as running water |
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| The flat land lying either side of a river which periodically floods |
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| A graph showing the discharge of a river over a given period of time |
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| The global movement of water between the air, land and sea |
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| A series of ridges projecting out on alternate sides of a valley and around which a river winds |
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| A raised bacnk of material deposited by a river during periods of flooding |
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| The movement of weathered mateiral down a slope due to the force of gravity |
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| A winding curve in a river's course |
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| A horseshoe - shaped lake once part of a meandering river, but now cut off from it |
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| The presence of chemicals, dirt or other substances which have harmful or poisonous effects on aspects of the environment such as river and the air |
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| An area where water is collected and stored for human use |
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| The seasonal variations int he discharge of a river |
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| Features, such as lakes, rivers and aquifers, that receive, hold and release water |
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| The increase in stream velocity caused by a period of intense rainfall |
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| The speed at which water is flowing in a river channel at a given location and time |
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| The movement of water between stores in the hydrological cycle |
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| Where a river's water falls vertically, as where a band of hard rock runs across the river channel |
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| The boundary between neighbouring drainage basins |
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| The breakdown and decay of rock by natural processes, without the involvement of any moving force |
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