Freshwater Vocab Review

The lowest point to which a stream can erode its channel

• Base Level

• Bed Load

• Capacity

• Drainage Basin

How plants absorb water and release it into the atmosphere

• Transpiration

• Tributary

• Gradient

• Condensation

The constant movement of water among the oceans, the atmosphere,the geosphere, and the biosphere

• Water Cycle

• Water Table

• Stream Channel

• Floodplain

The movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Divide

• Capacity

The slope of a stream over a certain distance

• Gradient

• Divide

• Base Level

• Stream Channel

A stream that empties itself into another stream

• Tributary

• Delta

• Meander

• Water Table

An accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or an ocean

• Delta

• Aquifer

• Meander

• Tributary

An elevated land form that parallels a stream and acts to confine its waters, except during flood stage

• Natural Levee

• Drainage Basin

• Base Level

• Tributary

The flat, low-lying portion of a stream valley subject to periodic flooding

• Floodplain

• Divide

• Delta

• Meander

Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel

• Bed Load

• Divide

• Gradient

• Permeability