the hydrological cycle: glossary

3. the outer edge of the drainage basin,described as the boundary
4. the ability of a soil rock to absorb water
5. store the water held below the surface of the land
8. the soaking of rainwater into the ground
9. doesn't let water soak though
10. combined water loss from evaporation and transpiration
15. process whereby water changes from a liquid to a vapour
16. the circular movement of water through the various stores of the environment
17. the rate at which water can soak into the ground
21. process in which water vapour changes back into water. it forms small droplets which are visible as clouds
23. plants take in water through their roots and lose it through the pores in their leaves
24. a component of a system in which energy or matter are stored

1. water running down the stem of plants
2. allows water to soak through
4. water falling from the sky. it could fall as rain, hail, sleet or snow
6. the flow or rainwater sideways through the soil, towards the river
7. precipitation that falls directly into the river channel
11. has inputs, processes and output
12. things that go into a system
13. things that come out of a system
14. rainwater that runs across the surface of the ground and drains into the river
18. precipitation caught on leaves and branches of plants, slowing down the arrival at the surface
19. the flow of groundwater through saturated rock or soil
20. the relationship or balance between water entering a drainage basin and water leaving the basin
22. basin the area which is drained by a river and its tributaries