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Fresh 3%
Saline 97%
Ice 87%
Groundwater 12%
Rivers and Lakes 1% |
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| Describes the continuous flow of water above below and on the surface of the earth |
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A network of collecting channels where water is collected
Includes main channel and tributaries connecting
Collecting
Transporting
Dispersing |
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| Collecting - River System |
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| Collection of tributaries that funnel water and sediment into the main section |
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| Transporting - River System |
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| The main part of the stream |
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| Dispersing - River System |
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| Network of distributaries at the mouth of the river |
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Not uniform throughout the stream channel
Greatest near the center and above
As channel curves; max velocity shifts to outside, min inside |
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Quiet water
No mixing between layers |
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More frequent
Mixing between layers
More erosional power |
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| Amount of water passing a given point in a specific interval of time |
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| The number of meters the stream descends for each kilometer of flow |
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Shows the maximum size load, particle size, that a stream can carry
Velocity |
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Maximum entire load that the stream can carry
Discharge |
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| Suspended - Sediment Transport |
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Fine particles moved in suspension
Usually largest fraction moved by water |
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Course particles, moved by traction on the streambed
Major tool of stream abrasion |
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| Dissolved Load - Sediment Transport |
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Dissolved material carried in a solution
Transported as ions - invisible |
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Depositional feature
Found on meandering streams
Crescent Shaped located on the inside of a stream bed |
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Elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed wall.
Regulates water levels |
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Tributary stream
Runs parallel to main stream
Within the floodplain |
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U-Shaped body of water
Formed when a wide meander from the main stream is cut off |
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Fan shaped deposit
Formed when fast flowing stream flattens flows and spreads |
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Forms when a stream enters a large body
of water
Velocity drops and sediment is deposited |
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Birds Foot
Arcuate
Tidal Current
Delta in Equilibrium |
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V-Shaped
High gradient high velocity |
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Flat bottom
Low gradient
Low velocity
Produce floodplains |
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| Meandering channels with a high velocity |
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Dendritic
Radial
Rectangular
Trellis |
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| Dendritic - Drainage Pattern |
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Most common
Uniform underlying rock
Streams are controlled by slope |
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| Radial - Drainage Pattern |
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| Streams are formed by volcano or conical hill |
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| Rectangular - Drainage Pattern |
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| Bedrock is crossed with joints or faults |
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| An opening or notch which flowing water has carved through a mountain range. |
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