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Study Guide Questions
1. _________________ is a fan-shaped sediment deposit at the mouth of a stream.
2. The slope of a stream bed is a ___________________.
3. A _________________is a small, sluggish stream in Louisiana and surrounding regions.
4. What type of stream flows year-round, although there may be seasonal changes in its volume or velocity?
5. The level of a stream at its mouth is know as the __________ ____________.
6. The ___________ _____________ is a flattish land on either side of a stream, which receives any overflow of water.
7. ____ ________________ is the movement of dissolved minerals downstream.
8. A steep drop in elevation along a stream's course, with the steep section being downstream is the ______________________.
9. __________________ is the drowned mouth, where a river reaches the sea, and which is strongly influenced by the tides.
10. The drainage basin of a stream is a __________________.
11. A river which winds in and out between many sandbars is a ____________ ______________.
12. ____________________ _______________ is the high land that seperates drainage basins.
13. _______________ _______________ is the side-cutting of a stream's bed; its vertical drop over a given horizontal distance.
14. Fine particles of sediment that flow downstream are ____ _____________________.
15. What type of stream flows only during the wetter seasons of the year?
16. _____________________ are streams, often near a river's mouth, which carry water away from the main stream.
17. Name the type of stream that flows year-round across dry regions en route to the sea.
18. Light rock matter, as it is gradually pushed downsteam is _____________________.
19. The lowest point in a stream's course, where it empties into another stream or into another body of water is the _____________.
20. The __________________ _____________ is a former part of a meandering stream, now cut off from the stream by sediment deposits.
21. A ________________ ________________ is when a stream contains so much water that it overflows its banks.
22. Places where a stream bed is steep and the water velocity is high are the _______________.
23. _________________________ are the smallest streams tha tflow into a large basin.
24. The ________________ is the head of a river or stream, where it first appears as a surface stream.
25. The measure of the volume of water flowing past a particular point in a given perios of time is _______________________.
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