GPHY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Salt Lake, Drainage Divide, Hypersaline Lake

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GPHY 102
• Professor: Ryan K Danby

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Final exam: multiple choice, short answers, diagrams, emphasis on second half of term. Hydrology: the study of earth"s water system and its cycling (movement through the hydrological cycle: hydrological cycle: movement of water using the climatic energy. Moving between oceans and plants and atmosphere: generates different kinds of runoff, like surface runoff. Surface water movement: causes erosion and deposition etc, overland flow - un-channeled movement of water across surface (as opposed to infiltrating) Either because the ground is frozen or already saturated. Uncommon: stream flow- channeled movement of water across surface( channel defined by lateral banks) A stream is any channeled flow of water, ranging from tiny creek to enormous river. Often shows predictable patterns: lag between the rainfall and flood runoff because the flow of water is comparatively slow, base flow: is year round from groundwater. Can"t go to the next order up until two of the previous order join.