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15 Cards in this Set
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ALLUIUM
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Unconsolidated sediment depostied by a stream.
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AQUIFER
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Rock or soil through which groundwater moves easily.
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AQUITARD
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Impermeable beds that hinder or prevent groundwater movement.
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ARTESIAN WELL
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A well in which the water rises above the level where it was initially encountered.
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BACKSWAMP
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A poorly drained area on a floodplain that results when natural levees are present.
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BASE LEVEL
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The level below which a stream cannot erode.
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BED LOAD
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Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
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CAPACITY
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The total amount of sediment a stream is able to transport.
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CAVERN
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A naturally formed underground chamber or series of chambers most commonly produces by a solution activity in limestone.
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COMPETENCE
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A measure of the largest particle a stream can transport, a factor of dependent on velocity.
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CONE OF DEPRESSION
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A cone shaped depression in the water tabole immediately surronding a well.
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CUTOFF
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A short channel segment created when a river erodes through the narrow neck of land between meanders.
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DELTA
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An accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean.
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DENDRITIC PATTERN
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A stream system that resembles the pattern of a branching tree.
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DISCHARGE
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The quantity of water in a stream that passes a given point ina period of time.
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