Chapter 9 Water

Question 0

The lowest point to which a stream can erode.

Answer 0

Base Level

Question 1

A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.

Answer 1

Alluvial Fan

Question 2

Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.

Answer 2

Bed Load

Question 3

A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.

Answer 3

Delta

Question 4

The volume of water a river transports over a given amount of time.

Answer 4

Discharge

Question 5

A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.

Answer 5

Divide

Question 6

The buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae.

Answer 6

Eutrophication

Question 7

Occurs when the discharge of a stream becomes so great that it exceeds the carrying capacity of its channel and overflows its banks.

Answer 7

Flood

Question 8

An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.

Answer 8

Floodplain

Question 9

A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.

Answer 9

Lake

Question 10

A curve in a stream.

Answer 10

Meander

Question 11

A meander that has been cut off from the river.

Answer 11

Oxbow Lake

Question 12

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

Answer 12

Runoff

Question 13

Ground bordering each side of a stream that keeps the moving water confined.

Answer 13

Stream Bank

Question 14

The course the water in a stream follows.

Answer 14

Stream Channel

Question 15

Material small enough to move along in the turbulence of a stream.

Answer 15

Suspension

Question 16

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

Answer 16

Watershed

Question 17

A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.

Answer 17

Wetland