Read the texts again and make notes under the following headings. Then use your notes to talk about hydrology.

1. Hydrology as a scientific discipline.

2. Hydrologic (water) cycle.

3. Subsurface water.

4. The work of hydrologists.

UNIT III RESERVOIRS

 

Complete the sentences with the words from the list below.

useful storage, the water-surface profile, storage capacity, dead storage, inflow

1) _______ is the most important physical characteristic of any reservoir.

2) _______ is the storage volume between the minimum and normal pool levels.

3) _______ is water held below minimum pool level.

4) The computation of the _______ provides information on the water level at various points.

5) Yield may vary from year to year and is dependent upon _______ .