Across
- 1. forms when a high-gradient stream flows out from a mountain valley onto a level plain, and the speed is suddenly reduced
- 3. forms by faulting, the bulldozing action of glaciers, and the unequal erosion of rocks
- 5. the point at which a stream flows into another body of water
- 7. a __ forms where a stream enters a lake , ocean, or other large body of water
- 8. a stream and it's tributaries
- 11. the depositing of transported materials, that occurs in an orderly fashion, with larger particles falling out first as the stream slows
Down
- 2. __ streams tend to be on the lesser side with energy, and have a slower water flow
- 4. a flat area that covers with water when the stream floods
- 6. smaller streams that feed larger streams
- 9. a confined body of water that flows either continuously or seasonally on the earths surface or underground.
- 10. snaking rivers that occur in low-gradient streams
- 11. a ridge separating one stream's drainage basin from another's
