Chapter 10-Streams and Rivers

linked student papers
rivers and streams                                                                             
          Views of the San Pedro River-
                        Justin Banner  (Spring 2006)
          Ramsey Canyon: Water Erosion-
                        Jarrod Swackhammer  (Spring 2007)
          The Colorado River-
                        Samantha Mickens  (Spring 2006)

VOCABULARY

longitudinal profile

headwaters

mouth

cross sectional profile

V-shaped valley

flood plain

sheet wash

drainage basin

drainage divide

contour plowing

flash floods

stream velocity

stream competence

stream capacity

stream gradient

channelization (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, not Shirley McClain)

hydraulic action

solution

abrasion

three types of stream load
   1. bedload (traction, saltation)
   2. suspended load (turbidity, buoyancy)
   3. dissolved load (solution)

gravel bar

braided stream

ephemeral stream

meander

point bar

oxbow lake

meander cutoff

natural levee (where you drive your Chevy)

delta
  Mississippi delta
  Nile delta
  Amazon delta
  Delta Burke

alluvial fan

base level
  ultimate base level
  local base level

Dynamic Equilibrium

drainage patterns
  dendritic drainage
  trellis drainage
  radial drainage
  sinus drainage

stream terrace

incised/entrenched meander

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