What type of graph shows a how a river’s discharge changes in response to rainfall?

Regarding interpreting a hydrograph. What is the term that describes the highest amount of rainfall per time unit (the highest bar)?

On a hydrograph. What feature describes the how quickly the discharge rises after a storm ( the first part of the line graph)?

On a hydrograph. What term describes the highest recorded discharge following rainfall. (the top of the line graph)?

On a hydrograph. What term describes the difference between peak rainfall and peak discharge?

A hydrograph measures rainfall in millimetres and discharge in cumecs. What does cumecs stand for?

On a hydrograph what do the bars usually represent?

On a hydrograph what does the line graph represent?

Regarding a hydrograph. What term describes the reduced discharge once the main effect of runoff has passed. ( the last part of the line graph which is going down)?

On a hydrograph. What is used to show the normal flow of a river when its water level is being sustained by groundwater flow? (usually shown as a separate line)?

On a hydrograph. What will sometimes be drawn as horizontal line marking the level of discharge above which flooding will occur as the river will burst its banks?

On a hydrograph which limb will always be steeper?

On a hydrograph what is measured on the vertical axis?

What does the horizontal axis on a hydrograph measure?

What feeds a rising limb?

Hydrographs may be classified as having how many types of response?

What is the term used to describe the volume of water flowing along a river?

What is the risk of flooding with a very short lag time?

What type of hydrograph response will result from water going into a small basin?

By what process do forests slow down water transfer?

What is one of the most important aspects of a hydrograph?

What type of hydrograph response is associated with sudden flooding that results in flash flooding?

After a long drought where the soil is baked hard and water cannot penetrate. What type of hydrograph response may result?

What is the general flood risk on a slow hydrograph response?

When do flash floods usually occur?