Author Question: Compare and contrast the concepts of capacity and competence. How would periods of flooding affect ... (Read 124 times)

Starlight · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Compare and contrast the concepts of capacity and competence. How would periods of flooding affect the capacity and competency of a river?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Describe the climatic changes you might experience as you travel on a line from the eastern Mediterranean coast at Beirut to the highlands of Yemen. What are some of the key climatic variables that explain these variations?

What will be an ideal response?

whitcassie · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: Capacity refers to the maximum load of solid particles a stream can transport per unit of time. Competence is a measure of a stream's ability to transport particles based on size rather than quality. During periods of flooding the increase in discharge results in higher degrees of capacity and competence.

Answer to Question 2

As you travel from the eastern Mediterranean to the highlands of Yemen you will pass through a Mediterranean climate with warm, dry summers and cooler winters, through a tropical/sub tropical desert environment, and then a tropical and sub-tropical steppe environment. In the more highland regions, temperatures will be notably cooler. The two most significant climate variables are latitude and altitude. Also significant is the influence of the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.