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Identify the meaning of the term river regime.

A variation in river discharge throughout the year

B variation in river discharge over a day

C variation in river discharge over a month

D variation in river discharge throughout the week


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Answer:

A

Explanation: The regime of a river is the way in which the discharge of the river changes over time or in the course of the year.

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River regime can describe one of two characteristics of a reach of an alluvial river:

The variability in its discharge throughout the course of a year in response to precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration and drainage basin characteristics (Beckinsale, 1969)
A series of characteristic power-law relationships between discharge and width, depth and slope[1]