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the name for the material a stream carries in solution
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dissolved load
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The large, solid material a stream carries along its bed is called
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bed load
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It the following sentence true of false? As a stream's velocity decreases, its competence increases
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false
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A stream's ? is the maximum load it can carry
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capacity
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Is the following sentence true of false? Most streams carry the largest part of their load in suspension
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true
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When stream flow decreases to below the critical settling velocity of a certain size particle, ? occurs
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deposition
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What shape will a stream valley have if its primary work has been downward erosion cutting toward base level
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narrow, v-shape valley
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A stream's ? is the flat valley floor onto which it overflows its banks during flooding
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floodplain
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earthen mounds built on river banks
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artificial levees
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structures that stone floodwater and let it out slowly
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flood-control dams
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mostly caused by rapid snowmelt and storms
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floods
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What is an imaginary line separating different drainage basins
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divide
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The land area that contributes water to a stream is know as a(n)
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drainage basin
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