Exam 14: Fluvial Processes and Landforms

Drainage density represents ____.

Explain in detail all the changes that would occur in a stream if its base level first rose for a considerable length of time, and then permanently fell.

Stream terraces along the sides of river valleys are usually evidence of ____.

Humid region streams are typically ____.

Discharge is volume times velocity.

Any stream-deposited sediments are best referred to as ____.

A trellis stream pattern consists of long parallel streams linked by short, right-angled segments.

A thin layer of unconcentrated surface water flow is called ____________________.

Straight channels typically exist in glacial meltwater zones.

____ indicates that a stream does not have enough flow to reach the ocean.

The process of stream transportation that moves large particles by rolling or sliding is ____.

The depositional landform resulting from a stream flowing into a standing body of water is a point bar.

The tiniest channels are called ____________________.

Two third-order streams must join to form a second-order stream.

If a river had a 10-year flood this year, it could also have a 10-year flood next year.

Many of the world's lake basins are products of ____.

____________________ are artificial lakes impounded behind dams.

Drainage patterns often reflect bedrock structure.

The bouncing of particles along the channel bottom is known as ____________________.

The volume of water flowing past a cross section of the stream channel in a given unit of time is the ____.