Definitions

2. Movement of a large, jointed section of bedrock due to suction by overlying current.
4. The movement of water in an erratic fashion. Stream flow that is not laminar.
6. An imaginary line separating drainage basins. Usually found along a ridge.
7. A large, natural stream of flowing water.
8. The formation of vapor bubbles in a flowing liquid resulting from a sudden pressure drop, which causes the water to boil at a greatly reduced temperature.
11. The total amount of sediment a stream is able to transport.
13. Unconsolidated sediment deposited by a stream.
15. a small area of deeper, slowly-moving water in a stream.
16. A more or less stationary layer of fluid that exists where a moving fluid contacts a stationary surface, such as a river bottom.
19. The source of a stream.
20. An underwater vortex created when rapidly rushing water interacts with an underwater obstacle, generating a tornado-like column of water capable of moving boulders.
21. A narrow crack in a rock along which there has been no significant movement on either side.
22. A natural stream that is usually smaller than, and often a tributary of, a river.
23. A continuous flow of a liquid (like water) or a gas (like air). A body of moving water smaller than a river.

1. A manmade waterway usually constructed for purposes of irrigation or navigation.
3. A river or stream flowing into a larger river or a lake.
5. A location in a river channel where a sharp change in channel slope occurs, such as a waterfall.
6. The land area contributing water to a stream.
9. A measure of the largest particle a stream can transport; a factor dependent on velocity.
10. A more shallow and turbulent part of a stream or river.
12. A small channel that holds water only briefly.
14. Can refer to either a natural deposit of sediments alongside a river as a result of overflowing water, or a man made structure built to prevent the overflow of a river.
16. Used to describe a sand or gravel deposit in a river or along a coastal area.
17. An accumulation of sediment formed where a river or stream enters a lake or the sea.
18. The movement of water in a straight path, parallel to its channel, with little mixing of different layers, or lamina.