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An Excessive amount of water flowin downslope along earths surface is called

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Runoff

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A streams systems, or drainage basin, is all of the land area whose water drains into a stream system

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Watershed

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The largest watershed in North america is the?

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Missipi River watershed

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When water runs through or over rocks containing soluble minerals, it dissolves small amounts of the minerals and carries them away in?

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Solution

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Consists of sand,pebbles, and cobbles that the streams water can roll or push along the bed of the stream.

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Bed load

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the measure of the volume of stream water that flows over a particular location within a given period of time.

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Discharge

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The path of a stream can vary considerably, depending on the slope of the land and the?

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type of material through which the stream flows.

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The amount of dissolved material that stream water carries is usually expressed in

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parts per million

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in a stream, how are particles such as silt, clay and sand carried

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in suspension

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the carryin capacity ofa stream depends on both the velocity and the

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amount of water in the stream

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potholes may form on the bottom of a stream because of

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particles rubbing and grinding againts one another

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whats true about watersheds

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each tributary in a stream system has its own watershed

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for water to enter the ground, there must be

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large enough spaces in the grounds surface material.

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what is not true about streams

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all streams flow into the ocean

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what is true about streams.

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all streams flow downslope, tributaries are smaller streams, a large stream is called a river.

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whats not part of the water cycle

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water dissolves minerals from rocks it flows over

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what is true about the water cycle

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wter falls as precipitation back to earth, it evaportes from bodies of water on earth, water soaks into the ground.

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whats the stream channel and stream banks.

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CHANNEL. narrow pathway curved into sediment or rock by the movement of surface water.
BANK. ground bordering each side of a stream that keeps the moving water confined.

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how does a stream valley form

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the energy of a stream comes from the movement of water down a slope called stream gradient.

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Formation of a meander.

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when 2 curves in a stream get wider and connect it forms a meander.

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how is the delta formed.

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the triangler deposits that forms in a stream.

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what is a alluvial fan and where are they ussualy formed?

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a fan shaped deposit. forms in dry regions

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what is rejuvenation.

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a streams actively resumes the process of downcutting towards its base level

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The procces by which a small streams erode their forward paths through rock is called

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Headward Erosion

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Headward erosion involves ______ the stream at the valley head.

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lengthening