Exam 16: The Fluvial Processes

When a first- order stream joins a second- order stream, the result is always__________.

A drop in sea level or a tectonic uplift of the land surface causes stream___________ .

Which of the following is LEAST affected by the action of channelized water?

The degree of turbulence in stream flow is determined by the velocity and the________ .

If a stream's velocity is doubled, its competence _______.

Flow in a stream usually is fastest ___________.

Which of the following drainage patterns results when streams from all directions converge into a basin?

An imaginary surface extending beneath the continents which limits how deep streams may cut is _______.

Of the following fluvial terms, which is most closely associated with stream capture?

Which of the below is the major concept to which all the others are part of?

During low water cycles, any channel bottom change is likely to undergo______ .

The existence of a stream terrace is sure evidence of_________ .

Which of the following rivers has the largest delta in the world?

___________ drainage patterns are more numerous tan all other drainage patterns combined.

Which of the following DECREASES with increasing stream order number?

On a meandering stream, maximum erosion takes place along the _________.

A peneplain is the_______ of the classical geomorphic cycle of erosion.

The eventual result of ______ is to reduce almost all stream- carried debris to very small silt particles.

An interfluve can be found_________ .

A typical drainage pattern on conic volcanic mountains would be_________ .