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Details Title Water Vocabulary Description N/A Total Cards 18 Subject Environmental Studies Created 02/17/2010

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Term Capacity	Definition Total amount of load a stream can carry
Term Weather	Definition Short term events in the atmosphere
Term basin	Definition large area drained by a stream
Term competence	Definition Largest rock a stream can move
Term Climate	Definition Long term events in the atmosphere
Term Saltation	Definition "bouncing" of eroded material in stream
Term Young	Definition A swift, straight channeled stream
Term oxbow	Definition A lake formed from a cut off meander
Term Neap	Definition extra low tide
Term Abrasion	Definition scraping type of erosion
Term pacific	Definition world's largest ocean
Term thalway	Definition stream's fastest moving part
Term antarctica	Definition continent at the south pole
Term yazoo	Definition a parallel tributary
Term eutriphication	Definition cause of dead zones
Term texture	Definition soil characteristics
Term giardia	Definition fresh water bacteria
Term denudation	Definition removal of material from basin

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