Exam 12: Running Water Streams and Rivers

In all types of power plants

Name three of the processes involved in the evolution of valleys.

Mass wasting can be an important source of sediment carried in a stream.

The total surface region that provides runoff to a stream system is known as a(n)____________________.

What has been the effect of the Aswan Dam on farming in Egypt?

A change in base level leading to formation of stream terraces can come about by ____________________ of the land over which the stream flows or a(n)____________________ of sea level.

Flow in which there is no mixing between parallel layers in the water is known as what?

In what ways can water be temporarily stored,from a few years to a few thousand years,on land areas,before returning to the oceans?

The ideal graded stream has a balance among what five factors?

What is the gradient of a stream?

The Mississippi Delta is a good example of a

Most of a stream's kinetic energy is involved in eroding and transporting sediment.

Briefly explain the trade-offs that accompany any flood control project.

A dry surface has a higher infiltration capacity than a moist surface.

Briefly explain what will happen to a stream's behavior if one drains a lake that is a temporary base level for that stream.

What causes a delta to form?

Water that returns to the oceans as surface flow from streams is ____________________.

What is (are)the source(s)of the dissolved load in most streams?

Describe where flow velocity is highest in a semi-straight channel.Why is this the case?

Flow at all but the slowest velocities is turbulent.