Water, ice, sleet, snow or hail the falls from clouds into the drainage basin. - Precipitation, Precipitation that is caught and trapped by vegetation e.g the leaves of trees - Interception, The process by which water enters the soil. - Infiltration, Water flows horizontally through the soil towards a river. Normally happens when the soil is completely saturated. - Throughflow, Water filters into the bedrock (from the soil) and becomes groundwater. - Percolation, Water is stored in permeable bedrock (permeable means something that can soak up water) - Groundwater storage, Water flows through rock towards a river. - Groundwater flow, Water flows in a river toward the sea. - Channel Flow, Water changes from liquid to a gas and is returned to the atmosphere. - Evaporation, When the soil is saturated and infiltration can no longer happen, water flows over the surface towards a river. - Surface run off, Water that is stored in the soil. - Soil water storage, Water evaporates from inside vegetation and is returned to the atmosphere. - Transpiration, Water vapour cools as it travels up into the atmosphere and condenses to form clouds. - Condensation,

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