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30 Cards in this Set
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water cycle
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constant movement of water , ocean , atmosphere , geosphere , biosphere
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infiltration
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movement of surface water into rock through cracks and pores
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transpiration
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plants absorb water and release in atmosphere
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gradient
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slope of a stream over a certain distance
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stream channel
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course that water in a stream follows
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discharge
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quantity of water in a stream
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tributary
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stream empties itself into another stream
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meander
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loop like bend in a stream
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bed load
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sediment carried by a stream along bottom of channel
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capacity
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total amount of sediment a stream is able to transport
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delta
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accumulation of sediment
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natural levee
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elevated landform that parallels a stream
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flood plain
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flat, low lying portion of a stream subject to periodic flooding
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flood
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discharge of a stream exceeds carrying capacity of its channel
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drainage basin
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land area that contributes water to a stream
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divide
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imaginary line that separates drainage of two streams
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zone of saturation
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all open spaces in sediment are filled with water
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ground water
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water underground in the zone of saturation
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water table
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upper level of saturated zone of groundwater
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porosity
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volume of open spaces in rock or soil
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permeability
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measure of a materials ability to transmit fluids
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aquifer
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rock or soil through which groundwater moves easily
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spring
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flow of groundwater that emerges at ground surface
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geyser
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hot spring or fountain
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well
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opening bored into the zone of saturation
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artesian well
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well in which water rises above the level of the water table
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cavern
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underground chamber
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travertine
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form of limestone deposited by hot springs
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karst topography
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area that has land surface with numerous sinkholes
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sinkhole
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soluble rock has been removed by groundwater
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