Streams and Landscapes

Question 1

channel

Answer 1

area where water is flowing through

Question 1

stream

Answer 1

water flowing in a channel

Question 2

valley

Answer 2

the region where a stream has eroded the land

Question 3

gradient

Answer 3

steepness; vertical drop per mile (distance); typically steeper at headwaters

Question 4

what velocity of water can transport larger particles?

Answer 4

higher

Question 5

flood

Answer 5

when water is added to a stream with a broad, flat valley and a relatively small channel, and it spills out of the channel onto the valley floor

Question 6

Flood Plain

Answer 6

an area of land on wither side of a stream that is covered with water during a flood

Question 7

meander

Answer 7

a curve (loop) in a
meandering stream

Question 8

Point Bar

Answer 8

the point where sediment is deposited in a stream (inside of the meander)

Question 9

Cut Bank

Answer 9

the spot where a stream erodes the land (on the outside of a meander)

Question 10

meander scar

Answer 10

former positions of a river’s meander (show the old path of a stream)

Question 11

Oxbow Lake

Answer 11

meander scars that have filled with water

Question 12

sinuosity

Answer 12

measures how much a stream meanders
length of stream / stright line distance

Question 13

Stright Streams

Answer 13

Low sinuosity
high up in mountians
steep slopes

Question 14

Meandering Streams

Answer 14

High sinuosity
far from mountians
gentle slope