A level Physical Geography: Water

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Hint	Answer
The store of water in gas state (store)	Atmospheric
The amount of precipitation remaining after evapotranspiration	Effective Rainfall
A situation where pressure systems and weather patterns reverse in the Southern hemisphere	El Nino
Water availability falls below 1000m³ per person	Water Scarcity
Air is forced upwards due to the relief of an area. This air cools and condenses, falling as rain. (Rainfall)	Orographic
The summation of all water in the seas and oceans (store)	Oceanic
Water entering the top soil	Infiltration
Thermal energy from the sun causes air to rise into the atmosphere. This cools, condenses and falls as rain (Rainfall)	Convectional
The conversion of water to vapour	Evaporation
The downward seepage of water through rock under gravity	Percolation
Where larger rivers cross several different relief and climate zones (river regime)	Complex
The summation of all water on the land surface and in the subsurface (store)	Terrestrial
The flow of hot and cold water around the oceans	Thermohaline Circulation
Release of water in liquid state	Precipitation
The only open system in the water cycle where local factors control the throughput of water through a local store.	Drainage Basin

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Temporary storage as water is captured by plants, buildings and hard surfaces before reaching the soil	Interception
When gaseous water transforms to liquid state	Condensation
Consumption exceeds 10% of its renewable freshwater supply	Water Stress
Flow of water over the surface when the ground is saturated, frozen or impermeable	Surface runoff
Water is taken up by plants and is formed onto the leaf surface	Transpiration
Where a river experiences a period of seasonally high discharge followed by low discharge (river regime)	Simple
The hidden flow of water when food or other commodities are traded	Virtual Water
The amount of water usually available within a particular region	Base flow
When cold air meets a weather front, warm air rises above cold air which then cools and condenses, falling as rain. (Rainfall)	Frontal
The store of water in solid state (store)	Cryospheric
When 'normal' pressure systems and weather patterns intensify	La Nina
Ways in which water accelerates under gravity	Gravitational Potential Energy
Precipitation (P) = Streamflow (Q) +Evapotranspiration (E) Changes in storage (S)	Water Balance
The amount of water that could be evaporated and/or transpired from an area if there was sufficient water available	Potential Evapotranspiration
The combined effect of evaporation and transpiration	Evapotranspiration