Rivers and Steams Review

What feature of the river is seen in this picture?

• gradient

• delta

• alluvial fan

• meander

The process by which liquid water changes into water vapor.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• melting

The cycle of water movement through the atmosphere and onto the earth and back is called?

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• bicycle

this occurs when rainfall intensity exceeds the infiltration capacity of the soil.

• transpiration

• runoff

• evaporation

• precipation

The slope of a river is called its

• angle

• gradient

• flow

• velocity

What is the process when water vapor cools and changes to a liquid from vapor to form clouds?

• evaporation

• melting

• condensation

• transpiration

stream where gradient, velocity, discharge, channel shape and sediment load are in equilibrium.

• youthful

• mature

• rejuvenated

• graded

the intermittent skipping and jumping of particles along the bottom of a stream

• traction

• migration

• saltation

• suspension

Flow lines are complexly intertwined in this type of fluid flow

• turbulent

• laminar

• smooth

• slow

What do we call feeder streams that feed into a larger river?

• watershed

• tributaries

• divides

• channel