Hydroid

Question 1

Water

Answer 1

Is the MOST POWERFUL geomorphic agent, shaping the landscapes

Question 2

Streams

Answer 2

Connects terrestrial land to the ocean, it also is important for transportation and consumption and agriculture

Question 3

What are the three main streams?

Answer 3

Perennial Stream, Intermittent Stream and Ephemeral Stream

Question 4

What contributes to the streams?

Answer 4

Precipitation, overland flows (mudflow with no vegetation) and Interflow (flows in the soil, moving towards the streams) and Groundwater

Question 5

Watershed

Answer 5

vary’s in sizes

ex: Mississippi river

Question 6

Dentritic System

Answer 6

floods faster than the parallel because of the braches

Question 7

Truck

Answer 7

largest stream in a drainage basin

Question 8

Tributaries

Answer 8

Streams that contribute to the truck

-branches or arms

Question 9

Confluence

Answer 9

Is where tributaries meet the trunk

Question 10

Stream Ordering

Answer 10

Numeric values given to a stream to provides information about the potential are that contributes to the stream

Question 11

Confined (Normal)

Answer 11

water will flow downstream within banks

Question 12

Unconfined (Flood)

Answer 12

water flows in all direction

Question 13

Stream Gradient

Answer 13

Gives us an idea of the gravity to resisting forces acting on a stream

Question 14

Perennial Stream

Answer 14

flows year round

Question 15

Intermittent Stream

Answer 15

flows for part of the year and is connected to the ground

Question 16

Ephemeral Stream

Answer 16

Do not flow all year round, not connected to the ground water system. They are what we find in mountains, collects snow and rain (then it drys up)