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| level of the body of water into which a stream flows |
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| sand, pebbles, and boulders that are moved along the bed, too heavy to be carried in suspension |
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| total amount of sediment a stream can carry |
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| maximum size of a particle a stream can carry |
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| Fan shaped deposit formed when a river flows into a quiet or large body of water |
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| process by which materials are dropped such as sand, silt in a stream |
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| volume of water that passes a certain point in a stream/river in a given amount of time. |
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| High land that separates one drainage basin from another |
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| all the land that drains into the river either directly or from tributaries - a watershed |
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| sudden flood usually caused by intense, heavy rainfall |
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| river overflows its banks |
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| wide, level area that borders a river and is covered by its water during a flood |
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| slope or incline of an area of land or of a stream |
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| process in which land is worn away at the head of a gully or stream |
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| Eroded rock and soil that are transported downstream by a river |
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| Broad, looping bends in a river |
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| Elevated ridges along a river's bank formed by the deposition of the river's sediment load |
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Cresent shaped body of water formed when sediment cuts
off a meander from a river |
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| Deep oval or circular basin cut into a stream or river bed by abrasion from sand, rock, pebbles |
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| a river and all its tributaries |
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| Diversion of the upper part of one stream by the headward growth of another stream |
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| rock materials carried by a river are stirred up and kept from sinking by stream flow |
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| stream that runs into another stream or river |
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| all the land that drains into the river either directly or through its tributaries; a drainage basin |
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