ESS 15.2 Review

The steepness of a river’s slope.

• Gradient
• Discharge
• Tributary
• Watershed

A feeder stream that flows into a main stream or river.

• Watershed
• Tributary
• Discharge
• Bank

 A wide curve in a stream or river.

• Braided stream
• Bend
• Meander
• Oxbow lake

Volume of water moved by the stream over a period of time.

• Velocity
• Tributary
• Gradient
• Discharge

The land from which the water runs off into a river system.

• Watershed
• Tributary
• Drainage Zone
• Floodplain

Rock and other materials that a stream carries.

• Stream bed
• Stream load
• Discharge
• Dissolved minerals

Composed of multiple channels divided by sediment bars.

• Meander
• Multi-channel stream
• Braided stream
• Tributaries

To break apart and carry away.

• Deposit
• Slide
• Dissolve
• Erode

The edges of a stream’s channel that are above water level.

• Bank
• Bed
• Valley
• Gulley

The part of a stream’s channel that is below water level.

• Bank
• Bed
• Gulley
• Valley