Unit 2.1: What is the water cycle? What is a drainage basin?
| Water cycle | 水循環 | Precipitation | 降水 |
| Evaporation | 蒸發 | Transpiration | 蒸騰 |
| Condensation | 凝結 | Interception | 截留 |
| Stem flow | 莖流 | Drip flow | 滴流 |
| Overland flow | 表面徑流 | Channel flow | 河道徑流 |
| Surface run-off | 地表徑流 | Infiltration | 下滲 |
| Throughflow | 表層流 | Percolation | 滲透 |
| Ground water flow | 地下水流 | Subsurface run-off | 底層徑流 |
| Drainage basin | 河盆 | Tributary | 支流 |
| Watershed | 分水嶺 | Confluence point | 匯流點 |
| Distributary | 分流 | Stream order | 河流等級 |
| Drainage pattern | 水系形態 |
Unit 2.2: What are the major fluvial processes?
| Fluvial process | 河流作用 | Erosion | 侵蝕 |
| Transportation | 搬運 | Deposition | 沉積 |
| Discharge | 流量 | Velocity | 流速 |
| Catchment area | 集水區 | Permeability | 透水性 |
| River bank | 河岸 | River bed | 河床 |
| Wetted perimeter | 濕周 | Boulder | 巨礫 |
| Fluvial erosion | 河流的侵蝕作用 | Load | 搬運物 |
| Vertical erosion | 下蝕 | Lateral erosion | 側蝕 |
| Headward erosion | 溯源侵蝕 | Solution | 溶蝕作用 |
| Abrasion | 磨蝕作用 | Attrition | 磨耗作用 |
| Hydraulic action | 水力作用 | Weathered | 風化 |
| Suspension | 懸移 | Traction | 推移 |
| Saltation | 躍移 | Sediment | 沉積物 |
| Silt | 粉砂 | Clay | 粘土 |
| Sorting | 分選作用 |
Unit 2.3: How do fluvial processes shape the land?
| Upper course | 上游 | Middle course | 中游 |
| Lower course | 下游 | Interlocking spur | 交錯山嘴 |
| Rapid | 急流 | Waterfall | 瀑布 |
| Plunge pool | 跌水潭 | Gorge | 峽谷 |
| Pothole | 壺穴 | Slip off slope | 沖積坡 |
| River cliff | 河流陡岸 | Meander | 曲流 |
| Bluff | 陡崖 | Flood plain | 泛濫平原 |
| Levee | 天然堤 | Deferred tributary | 延長支流 |
| Oxbow lake | 牛軛湖 | Braided stream | 辮狀河 |
| Delta | 三角洲 | Alluvium | 沖積物 |
| Lagoon | 潟湖 | Tidal range | 潮差 |
Unit 2.4: How does human activity influence and alter river environments?
| Silting | 淤積 | Overgrazing | 過度放牧 |
| Over-cultivation | 過度耕作 | River dyke | 河堤 |
| Hydrograph | 水文曲綫 | Time lag | 滯後時間 |
| Eutrophication | 富養化 | Retention pond | 蓄洪池 |
| Diversion channel | 分流渠 | Flood wall | 防洪墻 |
Unit 2.5: How do waves shape our land?
| Sea cliff | 海崖 | Tide | 潮汐 |
| Swash | 冲流 | Backwash | 回流 |
| Constructive wave | 建設性波浪 | Destructive wave | 破壞性波浪 |
| Headland | 岬 | Bay | 海灣 |
| Longshore drift | 沿岸漂移 | Wave-cut platform | 海蝕平臺 |
| Sea cave | 海蝕穴 | Geo | 海蝕隙 |
| Sea arch | 海拱 | Stack | 海蝕柱 |
| Notch | 海蝕凹地 | Spit | 沙嘴 |
| Bar | 沙洲 | Tombolo | 連島沙洲 |
Unit 2.6: How does human activity influence and alter coastal environments?
| Sea wall | 海墻 | Groyne | 海堤 |
| Breakwater | 防波堤 | Rip-rap | 抛石護堤 |
| Gabion | 土籠 |
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