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Geology 1410 Final Review Last Section
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Geology
Undergraduate 2
05/06/2012

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The largest readily available source of fresh water is found as what?
Definition
ground water
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Natural Levees are formed by...
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Deposition from flood waters
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The downward limit to which a stream can erode is what?
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Base Level
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At a bend in the river channel, Maximum velocity is found on the ____ of the bend?
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Outer part of the bend, or outer part of the meander
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When sediment laden waer in a main channel sloshes out onto a flood plain durin gflooding, some of its med-fine grained sediment load will be depositied along the side of the channel forming what?
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A levee
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The deepest part of a stream is found at?
Definition
The outer part of the meanders
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What are lake basins in arid regions that hold water for a short period of time?
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Playa
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The capacity of rock to allow water to flow through it is called what?
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Permeability
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The water table is what exactly?
Definition
top of the zone of water saturation in rock
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Ground water rises toward the surface in what kind of well?
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Artesian wells
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Streams that recieve water from the subsurface are called what kind of streams?
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Gaining streams
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when an aquitard or aquaclude is situated above the water table, a localized what may exist?
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Perched Water Table?
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efficient water wells develop a ___, ___ cone of depression?
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Shallow, narrow
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The elevation of the water table is the same as the elevation of
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the standing level of a natural lake
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caves formed by dissolution of limestone are formed where?
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below the water table?
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where do artesian wells draw water from?
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perched water tables
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Central florida, a region with many small lakes, probably has a surface composition of ...
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Limestone
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Surface drainage reappears in karst terrain when the erosion has reached what stage?
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Rejuvination?? I could not find the answer to this one.
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