![Page 1: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Warmup
How many river basins are in North Carolina?
Which two river basins border Apex?Write two facts about your river basin from
Friday.
![Page 2: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Warmup
Which direction does water flow? (Think of the creek behind the school)
What are three more things you would like to know about the creek?
![Page 3: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
EXPLAIN RIVER SYSTEMS INCLUDING NC RIVER BASINS, AQUIFERS, AND
WATERSHEDS.
EXPLAIN HOW FLOOD EVENTS MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY GROUNDWATER LEVELS.
2.3.2bc Rivers, Aquifers, and Floods
![Page 4: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Path of a drop of water…
Remember: A drop of water can either infiltrate into the ground (groundwater) or runoff the surface into a river or stream
![Page 6: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Surface Water and Ground Water
Groundwater and surface water have a reciprocal relationship, regularly feeding each other. Most streams and rivers get about half their volume from groundwater.
![Page 7: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Floods
During a flood, surplus surface water helps recharge groundwater.
![Page 8: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Flood and Flood Control
A flood occurs when the discharge of a stream becomes so great that it exceeds the capacity of its channel and overflows its banks.
![Page 9: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Flooding
What are some things that cause flooding? Heavy Rain Rapid Spring Snowmelt
Why are floods bad? They cause damage They can come without warning (flash floods) They can hurt people Cost a lot of money
What are some floods that you have heard of, why were they dangerous? – Discuss with a partner
![Page 10: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Flooding
There are several methods used to help prevent flooding: Artificial levees Create Dams Sandbags Limit construction around areas known to
floodMississippi Flooding
What caused the flood? What caused the most damage during the
Flood?
![Page 11: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Floods
Lots of water = landslides too
![Page 12: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Drainage Basins
A drainage basin is the land area that contributes water to a stream.
A divide is an imaginary line that separates the drainage basins of one stream from another.
![Page 13: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Drainage System
Pattern formed by streams, rivers, and lakesDepends on
Topography of the land (landforms) Hard or soft rocks Gradient of the land (how steep it is)
Divided from each other by topographic barriers (mountains/high points) called a watershed
![Page 14: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Rivers
Flow of a river or stream is due to GRAVITY.Velocity of a river is due to the geology of the
watershed How steep, how narrow, much water, etc
Discharge (volume rate of water flow; or how much water is passing by) is measured by: Width x Depth x Velocity
![Page 15: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
River basin activity
One color: Trace highest points (divide of river basin)
Another color: Trace lowest points (drainage pattern of river system)
Transfer/redraw boundaries of river basin and drainage pattern on a separate piece of paper. Turn in w/group member names.
![Page 16: Warmup How many river basins are in North Carolina? Which two river basins border Apex? Write two facts about your river basin from Friday](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062423/5697bfd21a28abf838cabd2a/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Warmup
What did you learn in this unit (2.3 Hydrosphere)?
What question(s) do you have for the test today?