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Undergraduate 1
11/14/2006

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Precip average for the CO
Definition
17 Inches
Term
Largest river in the state is
Definition
Colorado River
Term
Rain/snow mix
Definition
Important in Washington, Oregon
Term
Low intensity rainfall
Definition
Pacific NW
Term
High intensity Rainfall
Definition
Thunderstorms, hurricanes
Term
Infiltration varies with
Definition
Precip rate
Texture
Vegetation
Antecedent Moisture
Term
If infiltration Decreases with time
Definition
Soil moisture is increased
Soil Tension is decreased
Term
Impermiable (concrete)
Definition
Clayey soil
No veg
Infil LOW
Runoff HIGH
Term
Permiable (Kentucky Blue Grass)
Definition
Sandy Soil
Forest Cover
Infil HIGH
Runoff LOW
Term
Concrete
Definition
Time to peak is SHORT
reach Discharge is HIGH
Term
Kentucky Blue grass
Definition
Time to peak is long
Reach Discharge is LOWER
Term
Soil Particles
Definition
Clog Pores
Term
Hydrophobic Soils
Definition
Water Repellant layers
Few CM thick,
Porduced by organic matter
REDUCES INFILTRATION CAPACITY
(excess runoff)
Term
Big Thompson Flood
Definition
Biggest flood in CO history
Caused by summer thunderstorms
Term
Pacific North West
Definition
Has more rain and is getting less snow
Term
Hover Dam
Definition
Built in 1930s
Orginally called Boulder Dam
has hydropower generation
Term
1950-1970 (dams)
Definition
Period of Storage dams
Term
Eastern U.S. dams
Definition
Small, limited storage of water but doesn't disrupt the flow
Term
eastern U.S. dams
Definition
Built primaraly to run small mills, water wheel power for mills
Term
Eastern U.S. Dams
Definition
Removing b/c power no longer needed and limits access to fish habbitat
Term
Dams in the West
Definition
Built for storage, larger dams and reserviors
Term
Grand coulee dam
Definition
Built from 1937-41, purpose was hydro ecectricity for aluminum
Term
Groundwater account for what % of water withdrawal??
Definition
25%
Term
Arid Regions G.W. is
Definition
The only source of water and very important as a source of clean water
Term
Hydroloic Gradent
Definition
Head/Distance (H/X) Slope
Term
Permeability, K
Definition
Function of size of pores
1. Course sediment = High K
2. Silt/clay sediment = Low K
Term
Rate of Flow Equation
Definition
q= H/X x K
Term
Gaining Stream (east)
Definition
Sustains flow in the stream inbetween rainstorms
Term
losing Streams (west)
Definition
Stream water supplied to aquifer = recharged
Term
Recharge (supply)
Definition
1. Precip
2. Seepage
Term
If withdrawls > recharge then??
Definition
Overdraft (like an ATM)
Term
Withdrawls (demand)
Definition
Evapotransporation
Irrigation
Term
South Platte River
Definition
Recharge occurs thru Seepage, river supplies as irrigation water
Term
Senior Water Rights
Definition
Highest Priority
Term
Junior water rights
Definition
low priority
Term
Ogallala Formation
Definition
Sands and Gravel deposited
approx 15 million years ago by braded rivers
Term
Ogallala is thickest and thinest in
Definition
Thickest in NE
Thinest in OK,TX
Term
Subsidence and California
Definition
20-30 feet of subsidence in san joaquin valley
Term
Nitrogen (nitrate) NO3
Definition
Algal Blooms = eutraphification
Draws oxygen out of water, not good for fish
Term
Ammonium
Definition
Attached to soil particles and enter streams thru soil erosion
Term
Sulfur Dioxide SO2
Definition
From coal powerplants creates sulfuric acid
Term
PH of 4.5
Definition
Fish and frogs cant live
Term
why is acid precip a problem in the NE U.S. and Canada?
Definition
Soils reflect cation exchange
Term
Basic Premise
Definition
River carries water (q) and Sediment discharge
Term
Discharge, Q
Definition
Is a function of Precip and Runoff
Term
Sediment load
Definition
Function of Topy, climate, veg, rock type
Term
Desert
Definition
Most sediment
Term
Forces Fd
Definition
Driving force function of slope depth
Term
Suspended Sediment
Definition
Silt and Sand that is suspended in the flow
Term
Bed Load
Definition
Gravel and Boulders that move along the bed
Term
Sediment movement
Definition
Fg (downward) Weight
Fd (Eastward) Drag
Fc (Upward) lift force
Term
What two forces make particles move
Definition
Lift force and drag force
Term
It takes a greater force to move...
Definition
a larger particle
Term
Shear Stress, T
Definition
increases with Q, not linear
large change in q = small change in T
Term
Meandering Rivers
Definition
Narrow and deep, Low sed load
Consists of silt and clay
Term
Meandering Rivers Banks
Definition
Resistant to erosion, can withstand forces of flow
Term
River slopes
Definition
sediment size Decrease downstream
Term
Grain size diameter
Definition
Decrease downstream due to weathering and little rocks out run big rocks
Term
Discharge
Definition
Increases downstream
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