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33 Cards in this Set
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Infiltration
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Movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces. It moves through the land and seeps into lakes, streams, or oceans.
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Transpiration
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Plants absorbing water and releasing it into the atmosphere.
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Gradient (stream)
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Slope or steepness of a stream channel. Expressed as the vertical drop of a stream over a certain distance.
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Stream Chanel
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Course the water in a stream follows. It encounters friction from the sides and bottom of its channel.
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Discharge
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Volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given unit of time. Usually measured in cubic meters per second.
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Tributary
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Stream that empties into another stream.
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Meanders
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Bends or curves in a stream:
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Bed Load
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Part of a stream's load made up of sediment that is too large to
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Capacity
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Maximum load a stream can carry, directly associated to a stream's discharge.
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Delta
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Accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or an ocean. When it grows outward the stream's gradient lessens and the water slows down.
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Natural Levee
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Ridge made up mostly of course sediments that parallels some streams. Forms when a stream repeatedly overflows its banks.
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Floodplain
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Side to side cutting of a stream eventually produces a floodplain.
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Divide
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Separates the drainage basins of one stream to another.
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Porosity
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Percentage of the total volume of rock or sediment that consists of pore spaces.
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Permeability
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Ability to release a fluid, usually water.
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Aquifer
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Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely.
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Spring
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Flow of groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface that form when an aquitard blocks downward movement of groundwater and forces it to move laterally.
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Geyser
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Intermittent hot spring or fountain in which a column of water shoots up with great force at various intervals.
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Artesian well
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Well in which water rises on its own pressure. Water must be in an aquifer that is tilted so that one end is exposed at the surface where it can receive water.There must be aquitards above and below the aquifer to stop the water from escaping.
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Cavern
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Naturally formed underground chamber. Also known as a cave.
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Natural Levee
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Ridge made up mostly of course sediments that parallels some streams. Forms when a stream repeatedly overflows its banks.
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Floodplain
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Side to side cutting of a stream eventually produces a floodplain.
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Divide
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Separates the drainage basins of one stream to another.
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Porosity
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Percentage of the total volume of rock or sediment that consists of pore spaces.
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Permeability
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Ability to release a fluid, usually water.
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Aquifer
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Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely.
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Spring
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Flow of groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface that form when an aquitard blocks downward movement of groundwater and forces it to move laterally.
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Geyser
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Intermittent hot spring or fountain in which a column of water shoots up with great force at various intervals.
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Artesian well
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Well in which water rises on its own pressure. Water must be in an aquifer that is tilted so that one end is exposed at the surface where it can receive water.There must be aquitards above and below the aquifer to stop the water from escaping.
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Cavern
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Naturally formed underground chamber. Also known as a cave.
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Travertine
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Calcium carbonate that is left behind produces travertine.
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Karst Topography
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Landscapes that have been shaped largely by the dissolving power of groundwater.
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Sinkhole
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Depression produced in a region where groundwater has removed soluble rock.
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