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| Lobate deposits of gravel and sand deposited on land |
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| -ALL products of sedimentation that occurs during flooding |
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| -Lowest level to which streams can erode is sea level |
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| -Composed of sand and gravel that is transported along a stream's bed by saltation, rolling, and sliding. |
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-Streams with too much sand and gravel to transport
-Sand and gravel are deposited as bars |
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| -Alluvial deposits accumulated at the mouth of a stream |
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| -Volume of water that passes a given point |
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| -Invisible because it is composed of ions transported in solution |
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| -Topographically higher areas dividing drainage basins |
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| -Area where surface water from rain and melting snow converge |
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| -Configuration of a natural drainage system |
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| -Flat lowland areas paralleling streams |
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| -Smooth, concave profile of equilibrium which all elements are adjusted to one another |
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| -The slope of the water flowing downhill |
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-Impact of water
-Effective in dislodging loose soil |
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| -Continuous cycle of movement and phase change of water |
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| -A deep valley cut by a meandering stream |
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| -Carry much more suspended load and have a single channel |
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| -Water goes over the bank of the channel, the velocity decreases as it spreads out on the floodplain, depositing a natural levee. |
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| -Formed when meander loops are cut off from stream channels |
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-A body of cross bedded sand
-Sometimes made of gravel |
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| -Occurs when rainfall intensity exceeds infiltration capacity of soil |
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| -Elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains |
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| -Made of the smallest particles that can be kept in suspension in water by turbulence |
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| -Low areas on land bounded by higher hills or mountains |
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| Velocity of Running Water |
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| -Measure of the distance water travels in a given amount of time. |
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