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groundwater storage
Surface storage
channel storage
evaporation and transpiration
infiltration
throughflow
streamflow
overland flow
soil water storage
percolation
precipitation
groundwater flow
Or ‘channel runoff’
Interception
(stored in plants)
Tyne drainage basin
watershed
Watershed - the boundary separating one drainage basin from another.
or catchment area
Constructing a watershed
The watershed defines the boundary of the catchment area.
Drainage Basin1
Drainage Basin1
Drainage Basin2
Drainage Basin
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Drainage basins interlock…
transpiration
infiltration
channel runoff
overland flow
precipitation
evaporation
Water table
The Tay-Earn basin
River Tay and River Earn catchments, Perthshire, Scotland
River Earn drainage basin
Lunan drainage basin
Firth of Tay
Lunan Burn gauging station
Firth of Tay
The Tay-Earn basin
River Tay and River Earn catchments, Perthshire, Scotland
River Tay video
Things to think about!
What a drainage basin is like.
The impact of flood events on human activity.
The changing landscape from source to mouth.
Why what a river does is important to us.