Exam 12: Land-Forms Made by Running Water

Any recently deposited sediment is referred to as an alluvial fan.

Discuss the similarities and the differences between bed load, suspended load, and dissolved load.

What is the difference between a point bar and a cut bank?

A stream is said to be undergoing __________ when the stream channel's altitude is raised by continued deposition of bed load.

When an oxbow lake evaporates, it is called a:

Which of the following mechanisms is responsible for generating fluvial landforms?

__________ are low lying areas in desert basin and range regions which consists of mainly salt and sediments.

The Mississippi River is a good example of a braided stream.

A stream will likely begin aggrading sediment along its bed when:

William Morris Davis is noted for describing landscape evolution through a well-defined process called:

A crescent-shaped lake representing the abandoned channel left by the cutoff of a meander is called a(an):

The steepness of a stream is known as the discharge.

The steepness of a stream channel can also be called the __________.

Rapid tectonic uplift along a low-gradient, winding stream can lead to the formation of __________.

Characteristic features of __________ include cut banks and point bars.

Any recent sediment deposit transported by water is known as __________.

Which of the following fluvial processes leads to the formation of potholes?

The figure below shows a stream with a high __________.

What are the differences in the three major stream types?