FLUBIAL LANDFORMS 2

Question 1

abandoned channel through resistant ridges

Answer 1

wind gap

Question 2

low relief surface that becomes stream bed

Answer 2

flood plains

Question 3

minor channel that seasonally fills and flows

Answer 3

arroyo

Question 4

minor channel running parallel to main channel

Answer 4

yazoo

Question 5

shortcut across meander

Answer 5

chute

Question 6

rugged mountain ranges separated by valleys w/ flat floors

Answer 6

rugged landforms

Question 7

graded surface cut across rocks of varying resistance

Answer 7

pediments

Question 8

pediments coalesce and become a plain

Answer 8

pediplainsp

Question 9

pediments on one side connect with pediment on the other side of range

Answer 9

pediment pass

Question 10

residual bedrock on the surface of pediments

Answer 10

inselberg

Question 11

dome-shaped granitic/ gneissose inselberg

Answer 11

bornhardt

Question 12

• triangular-shaped deposits form the accumulation of sediments at the mouth of a valley
• decreasing grain size downslope

Answer 12

alluvial fans

Question 13

shedded sediment carried by streams

Answer 13

alluvium

Question 14

compound alluvial fans converge into a single apron of deposits

Answer 14

bajada

Question 15

shallow lakes formed by bajadas

Answer 15

playas

Question 16

deposition results from sharp reduction in velocity as stream enters standing water

Answer 16

delta

Question 17

elevated sections of former flood plain that may be paired or unpaired

Answer 17

fluvial terraces