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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the part of the hydrograph where the waters are going up?
Rising limb
Surging limb
Advancing limb
Growing limb
- 2. Multiple Choice
The section of a hydrograph where the water is going down has TWO names:
recessional limb
falling limb
deflationary limb
declining limb
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which type of drainage basin will experience more flooding?
Long and narrow
Round
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which arrives first?
Peak rainfall
Peak discharge
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the missing word in this explanation?
Capacity
Velocity
Bedload
Gradient
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which is the LEAST likely environment to flood?
V-shape valley
U-shape valley
Floodplain
- 7. Multiple Choice
Drainage basins with high levels of ______ are MOST likely to flood.
Surface runoff
Throughflow
Groundwater flow
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the process where water flows over the land?
Surface runoff
Infiltration
Groundwater flow
Evaporation
- 9. Multiple Choice
It is better to have a... lag time
Long
Short
- 10. Multiple Choice
The name for a river more likely to flood is
Flashy
Bangy
Boomy
Sparky
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which is more likely to flood?
Upper course (v-shape valley)
Middle course (u-shape valley)
Lower course (floodplain)
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the level on a hydrograph, above which everything extra is floodwater?
Bankfull discharge
Overflow discharge
Seepage discharge
Critical discharge
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which is more likely to flood?
A rural drainage basin
An urban drainage basin
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which season does snowmelt (which adds extra water into rivers) happen in?
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the imaginary line which marks the edge of a drainage basin?
Watershed
Hydrozone
Wetedge
Precipipause
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the process where vegetation stops rainfall from hitting the ground?
Infiltration
Interception
Condensation
Percolation
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the name for rock which won't let water pass through?
Impermeable
Unpermeable
Nonpermeable
Apermeable
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the missing label on this diagram?
leg time
lag time
leg length
lag length
- 19. Multiple Choice
Drainage basins with high levels of ______ are LEAST likely to flood.
Surface runoff
Throughflow
Groundwater flow
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is the proper spelling for 'previous rainfall'
Antisedent
Antecedent
Anticedent
Antesedent
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