Chapter 14 Vocabulary

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4. Deposition on the inside of a meander.
9. Erosion at the beginning of a stream in the opposite direction of stream flows, it lengthens the channel
10. The entire area drained by one stream.
11. Precipitation that soaks into the ground becoming part of the groundwater
14. Fan shaped deposit formed when a stream enters into a body of water.
16. The part of the sediment load that is a result of dissolution.
19. Build up of sediment right next to the stream, forming the stream “banks”
20. The largest size grain that can be moved by a stream
24. This type of stream forms from many interwoven channels.
25. The volume water in a stream
27. The fastest moving part of the current in a stream
28. This drainage pattern forms on folded or tilted rock layers
30. The ending point of a stream.
31. Jumping or bouncing of larger sediment grains down a stream.
33. Sorted sediment deposited by a stream.
34. The low depression in which a stream flows
35. The part of the sediment load that is made of large grains and carried by saltation.
37. This type of stream has big s shaped curves inside deep canyons (like the Grand Canyon)
38. The starting point of a stream.
41. This type of stream makes broad, “s” shaped curves.
42. Flat area bordering the stream, result of sediment deposition during flooding
44. The lowest level or elevation to which a stream can downcut its channel

1. This drainage patterns forms on rocks with pre-existing fractures
2. Movement of H2O through all of Earth’s spheres
3. A ratio between the length of the channel and the length of the valley, it determines if a meandering stream will form
5. Erosion on the outside of a meander.
6. The part of the sediment load that is mostly made of clay and sand and floats in moving water.
7. The process by which H2O moves from the atmosphere to Earth’s surface
8. Smaller streams that merge into the trunk stream
12. Canyons eroded by streams have this shape.
13. A highland, or ridge, that separates two watersheds.
15. Erosion that deepens a channel
17. Fan shaped deposit formed when a stream exits a canyon in an arid region
18. Large s-shaped curves in a stream.
21. This drainage pattern forms on volcanoes or domes
22. The slope of a stream
23. The volume of sediment moved by a stream
26. All the precipitation moving on top of Earth’s surface
28. This is the main stream that the tributaries flow into
29. A series of old flood plains and bluffs that create a stair-step like topography down to the current stream
32. Water vapor released into the atmosphere by plants
36. This drainage pattern forms on flat lying sedimentary or uniform rock
39. Geologic term for water flowing in a channel
40. Small islands of sediment in a stream
43. This crescent shaped lake forms from a cut-off meander.