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27 Cards in this Set
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Youth stream |
•high energy (fast flowing) •high gradient •a lot of erosion •narrow v shaped valley |
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Mature stream |
•gentle gradient •slow moving water • meanders develop •valley becomes wider than the river channel |
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Old stream |
•almost flat land •oxbow lakes • leevees form |
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Delta |
•collection of sediment at mouth of river leading into a calm body of water •water velocity is reduced |
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Drainage basin |
Region where water is drained into large body of water |
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Drainage divide |
Boundary between drainage basins |
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Continental divide |
A drainage divide for different oceans |
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Watershed |
Region where all water is drained into a large stream |
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Tributary |
A creek or stream flows into a larger stream |
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Drainage pattern |
Determined by topography of the land |
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Dendritic |
•Most common •Tributaries go in same direction to larger stream •Branches on a tree |
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Annular |
•Eroded dome •Circular pattern •Small tributaries circular stream |
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Radial |
•Streams flow away from high point •Spokes on a wheel •Develop on dome/volcano |
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Rectangular/ trellis |
•Parellel streams •Folds and faults |
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2: transpiration |
Water vapor from plants |
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1: evaporation |
Change in phase of water from liquid to vapor |
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3: condensation |
Change in phase from vapor to liquid |
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4:precipitation |
Some form of water falling from clouds |
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5:runoff |
Water flowing across earths surface |
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6: infiltration |
Water seeping into earths surface |
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Permiability |
Ability for water to flow through open spaces in another material |
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Permiability rate |
the speed of water flowing through a material |
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Impermeable |
A substance that doesn't allow water to pass throght it |
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Porosity |
Amount of open space between particles of soil or rock |
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Capillarity |
Upward movement of water through material |
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Size doesn't affect porosity when particles are sorted |
Size doesn't affect porosity when particles are sorted |
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Capilitary- factors that effect |
The smaller the grain size. , the greater the capilitary |
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