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The main factors which affect the discharge rate of a river do not include
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How much energy is required for evapotranspiration to take place?
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A type of fog which develops during the evening hours is fog
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The top of the groundwater zone is called
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The gives direct measurement of evaporation.
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precipitation is more than 5mm in diameter
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The maximum size of a rain drop is mm
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is where surface water runoff has accumulated in a low spot relative to the surrounding countryside
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The is the largest of all the oceans covering about onethird of the earth’s surface.
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Freezing rain occurs at temperatures below
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Movement of water in the soil is not controlled by
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12. Water boils at
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___ relates water level to an associated stream flow
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The shape of a drainage pattern can also be altered by___ rock resistance
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The ___ is a horizontal subsurface movement of water on continents
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The is the largest of all the oceans covering about onethird of the earth’s surface
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The more the available, the greater the rate of evapotranspiration.
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measures actual evapotranspiration
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The oldest and most important seaway in the world which separates the continents of Africa and Europe is the
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falls from the atmosphere to the surface with a diameter of 0
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In order to develop a stream stage rating curve, the stream flow must be measured at stages
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s common to mid and high altitudes
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___ is the process by which water is transformed into a gaseous state
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What occurs when the volume of water exceeds the capacity of the channel?
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The surface flow of water to areas of lower elevation is
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The relationship between stream stage and stream flow is shown by a
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Which of the following is not a relationship between stream height and flow?
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is the movement of water through a plant to the atmosphere
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is the movement of water from precipitation into the soil layer.
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An aquifer is polluted by leaking fuel through the
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Evaporation and are the two processes that move water from the Earth’s surface to its atmosphere
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A process by which water is captured by plants and then it returns to the atmosphere via evaporation or sublimation is referred to as
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A ___ represents that effect that the rainfal has on a particular basin
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38. Water boils at
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The supply of freshwater on earth is entirely due to the cycle
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gives direct measurement of evaporation
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A topographic region from which a stream receives runoff, throughflow, and groundwater flow is called
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Typical groundwater flow velocities lie in the range of
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___ and ___ are examples of natural phenomena in water quality
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A type of fog which develops during the evening hours is ___ fog
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The surface flow of water to areas of lower elevation is called
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Vegetation, rock type and ___ affect the discharge rate of a river
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