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GCSE Geography · key term
The downward movement of water through pores and cracks into rock beneath the soil.
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Specification 1.3.1 · Component 1
Revise: Stores and Flows in Drainage BasinsAlternatively, it may move down into the pores and cracks of the rock beneath the soil by percolation, adding to the groundwater store. Groundwater flow then carries water slowly through permeable rock towards the river.
Specification 2.2.2 · Component 1, Component 2
Water moving downwards through soil and rock.
Keep the directions clear: infiltration is down into soil; throughflow is sideways through soil; percolation is down into rock.
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