Geography 2300

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the 3 processes of water

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Erosion, transportation, deposition

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Fluvial process

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the process of water flowing across the surface

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Demutation

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Wearing down rocks

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Landforms (Grand Canyon)

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make up of natural peaks and valleys

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Weathering

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Rocks are broken down,

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Mass Movement

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gravity then moves dupris,

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Gravity

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weathered dupris is then moved

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evaporation

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occurs over a body of water

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evapotranspiration

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occurs when plants respire water into atmosphere

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precipitation

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occurs as freezing rain, sleet, snow hail

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freezing rain

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occurs at above freezing temps

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freezing rain

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falls through warm atmosphere, partially melts than hits the ground in sub freezing temps

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hail

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when precipitation occurs

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interception

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occurs when leaves and branches intercept before hitting ground (if hits plants, it then evaporates in atmosphere)

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overland flow

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overflow that will either move down slope or sink in the soil, or enter a runoff

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surface water (talking about river)

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when velocity of flow is the greatest in the middle of river (greatest bc side hits branches causing friction)

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infiltration

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occurs when water enter at the surface and sinks into the soil

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aquifer recharge

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rainfall that seeps into the ground aquifers can also have water pumped

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groundwater

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located underground, used for wells, bc it has less bacteria, has base low

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oceans

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water from groundwater, soil and from surface and cause precipitation

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soil moisture excess

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excessive water in one place. Can be damaging to plants and soils, happens more in winter months

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Soil water drawdown

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a withdrawal of water from a reservoir or small body of water, draws away wildlife

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soil moisture deficit

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amount of water needed to fill a body of water or amount needed for plant to be watered (in summer months)

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soil moisture recharge

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a seasonal event where precipitationexceeds evapotranspiration (happens in fall months)

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the trunk

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The main part of a river that also is the most calm

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tributaries

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the area where rivers or streams that flow into the lake or a bigger river

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the drainage basin (think of an river tree)

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where rivers produced by natural elements all lead to one river

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the drainage divide (think topography of river basin)

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water divide that lines the separation of neighboring basin

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drainage network

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information that tells us the heigh and flow of these drainage processes through a grid

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Floods

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occurs when a stream overflows it's channel, increasing in fall months, highest in winter months, decreases during the summer months (rollor coaster graph

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Stream velocity

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speed of water in the stream and cross section area

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stream discharge

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constant section of a stream without inputs or outputs

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Base flow (think flow from the base of water)

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the steady year round flow from groundwater to stream

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Surface flow

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occurs when infiltration is exceeded on a hill slope and extends the overland flow reaches the stream

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Glaciers and ice sheets (clicker question)

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where majority of fresh water is

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Aquifers

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porous rock that are saturated in groundwater

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confined aquifers

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impervious rock caps the aquifer such that the pressure in the aquifer is higher than it would be without the impervious rock

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unconfined rock

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when the permeable sediments lie between the water table and the surface

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(what can ) aquifer deletion (lead to)

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can lead to saltwater intrusion and subsidies of water

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arid and dry regions

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saline lakes can have evaporation leeaves salted flats

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Transport

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is the process of moving materials by water

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deposition

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when materials get left behind

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geormorphology

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the study of the features of the earth and their relation to geographical structure

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oxidation

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when atoms react to oxygen (IE sunset and red beaches)

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hydralysis

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splitting hydrogen bods

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colluvium

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materials moved by gravity

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Alluvium

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movement by water

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Fluvial process steps

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erosion, transpotation and deposition

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stream erosion

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the process of erosion in the stream, ripples and sand dunes can form

hydraulic action, abrasion, corrosion, stream gradien and erosion

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hydraulic action

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wwhem water dislosges material

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abrasion

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materials carried by the river erodes the valleys

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corrosion

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rocks and minerals dissolved by water

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stream transportation

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system that is used to measure stream flo saltation, suspension, solution

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angle of repose

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the steepest angle which slopping surfaes for

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traction

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rocks that you see slowly moving or flobs in the stream

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saltation

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bouncing materials effect where you see rocks bouncing

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suspensions

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when materials just go for the ride

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stream gradient

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amount of water per distance of stream flow, elevation plays a factor

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creation of ox-bow lakes

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meanders in flood plain erodes and cuts off the bend

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Entrenched meanders

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where uplifts elevate a floodplain, a river begin too cut down

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wetlands (factors)

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high nutrient factors, have biodiversit and productivity

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Marshes

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fresh water, brackish or sailine with low herbacuous vegetation

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Estuaries

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water environments where tides meet the stream

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tectonics uplift-- youthful stage

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create steep mountain sides and rivers eroded rapidly

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tectonic uplifts -- mature stage

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gradient of streams are reduce

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Biomes

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air circulation, landform features, precipitation, climate zones and vegetation

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plant features in habitat's

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trees, shrubs, lianas, herbs

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habitat

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environments that an animal, plant or other organisms live in

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Forest biomes

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forest biomes experience all four seasons and are located in US, cananda, Europe, China and Japan, not close to equator

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Rainforests

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found in equatorial and tropical zonesm it has continuously warm temprature, multilayered, largest diversity of species, nutrient poor soil