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| The constant circulation of water amoug the se, the atmospherem and the land |
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| water that flows back to the oceans in surface streams |
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| water contained in soil and bedrock. all surface water |
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| direct evaporation from the leaf surfaces of plants |
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| a moving body of water confined in a channel and flowing downslope |
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| any stream that contributes water to another stream |
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| the verticle drop of a stream over a specific distance |
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| the volume of water flowing downstream per unit time. It is measured in unitit of cubic meters per second (m3/ sec) |
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| channel characteristics refer to the shape and roughness of a stream channel |
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| the floor of a stream channel |
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| the rising slope bordering the side of a stream channel |
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| a measure of the largest particles that a stream can transport |
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| the maximum quantity of sediment that a stream can carry |
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| the portion of a stream's sediment load that is carried in solution |
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| the portion of a stream's load that is carried for a considerable time in suspension, free from contact with the streambed |
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| the portion of a stream's load that is transported on or immediately above the streambed |
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| downward erosion by a stream |
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| the deepest level to which a sream can erode its bed. the ultimate base level is usually sea level, but this is seldom attained |
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| a stream with a smooth, concave profile. A graded stream is in equilibrium with its sediment supply; it transports all the sediment supplied to it with neither erosion nor deposition in the streambed |
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| the action of a stream as it cuts into and erodes its banks. |
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| one of a series of sinuous curves or loops in the course of a stream |
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| a stream deposit located on the inside of a growing meander |
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| a cresent-shaped lake formed whre a meander is cut off from a stream and the ends of the cut-off meander become plugged with sediment |
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| a stream that divides into a network of branching and reuniting shallow channels separated by midchannel bars |
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| the region that is ultimately drained by a single river |
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| a fan-like accumulation of sediment created where a steep streamslows down rapidly as it reaches a relatively flat valley floor |
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| the nearly flat, alluvial, fan-shaped tract of land at the mouth of a steam |
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| a channel that flows outward from the main stream channel, such as is commonly found in deltas |
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