Exam 14: Fluvial Processes and Landforms

Floodplains are made ____.

The line of demarcation between adjacent drainage basins is a(n) ____.

A dendritic drainage pattern is most likely to develop on rocks that ____.

The maximum amount of load that a stream can carry is known as stream ____________________.

Groundwater seeping into a stream channel at or below the water surface is ____.

The length of time between 100-year floods is ____.

A second-order stream forms from the intersection of two ____________________ streams.

Rills are ____.

In the downstream direction, a typical humid-region stream would experience a(n) ____.

The ultimate base level for stream erosion is ____________________.

Channels that add their flow to a trunk stream are called ____________________.

Quantitative studies help us better predict ____.

Drainage basins with channel systems that convey water to the ocean ____.

Parallel tributaries are named for the ____.

The ground area between adjacent stream channels is called the ____.

Pebbles and cobbles would most likely be transported by a river as ____.

What is a floodplain, how is it formed, and what features are typically found on one?

____________________ is the most effective stream erosion process.

Streams can lengthen their drainage courses by the process of headward erosion.

Natural levees are commonly found in association with ____.