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Question 1

Capacity

Answer 1

in rivers, the total load of material actually transported by a river

Question 2

Cavitation

Answer 2

A type of hydraulic action where collapsing air bubbles create a small shock waves.

Question 3

Channel flow

Answer 3

the name given to water moving through a defined channel. e.g a stream or river

Question 4

Channel storage

Answer 4

water contained within a river channel or stream

Question 5

Competence

Answer 5

the maximum size of material that a river is capable of transporting

Question 6

Corrasion

Answer 6

when sand and stones carried by the river rub against the riverbank and the riverbed and knock off other particles; also knows as abrasion

Question 7

Corrosion

Answer 7

when asides in the river dissolve the rocks that make up the bank and the riverbed. e.g the dissolving of limestone by water; see also solution

Question 8

Cuspate delta

Answer 8

A delta where material from the river is evenly spread on either side of the channel; this means that as the river meets the sea the land around the mouth of the river forms a shape like the head of an arrow jutting out into the sea,. e.g the Elbro Delta, Spain.

Question 9

Cutoff

Answer 9

another name for an oxbow lake.