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16 Cards in this Set
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the removal and transport of weathered materials
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erosion
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the continious movement of water from storage to the atmosphere, to land into the ground and back to storage
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water cycle
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the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
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evaporation
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the process by which water vapor int he air is changed into a liquid water crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds
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condensation
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water reeleased from clouds in the from of rain frezzing rain snow hail or sleet
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precipitation
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water that flows across the land and collects in rivers nad streams and eventually the ocean
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runoff
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the downward movement of water from land surface into soil due to gravity
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infiltration
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the downward movement of water though pores or other spaces in the soil due to gravity
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percolation
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network or streams and rivers that drain an area of its runoff
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river system
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smaller rivers of streams that flow into larger ones
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tributaries
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the land drained by a river system including the main river and all of its tributaries
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watershed
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seperates watersheds
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divide
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the path a stream follows
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channel
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the measure in the change over a certain distance
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gradient
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the materials carried in a streamswater
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load
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the channel is steeper then it is wide flows very quickly
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youthful river
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