Ch.16 Vocab Study Guide

Stream

• A stream is a description of how the stream changes elevation from beginning to end.

• Is where it flows into an ocean,lake,pond, or another stream

• The origin of a stream

• Flowing water that follows a distinct course over land.

Source

• Is any isolated body of water that does not freely share water with the ocean.

• The origin of a stream

• A stream is a description of how the stream changes elevation from beginning to end.

• Flowing water that follows a distinct course over land.

Mouth

• Plant and algae growth can be very fast when lots of nutrients flow into the lake.

• Is where it flows into an ocean,lake,pond, or another stream

• Smaller Streams

• A stream is a description of how the stream changes elevation from beginning to end.

Tributaries

• The land that a stream drains

• Smaller Streams

• Small oscillations in water level

• The steepness of a stream's channel

Stream system

• Small oscillations in water level

• Is where it flows into an ocean,lake,pond, or another stream

• Is any isolated body of water that does not freely share water with the ocean.

• A Stream and all its tributaries make-up a system

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Meander

• Smaller Streams

• Develops wide, looping bends in the stream

• Is any isolated body of water that does not freely share water with the ocean.

• The steepness of a stream's channel

Flood Plain

• Fertile topsoil deposits

• Flowing water that follows a distinct course over land.

• A stream that flows year-round

• Plant and algae growth can be very fast when lots of nutrients flow into the lake.

Lake

• Smaller Streams

• A stream that flows year-round

• Seasonal exchange of surface and bottom water in lakes

• Is any isolated body of water that does not freely share water with the ocean.

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Limnology

• Smaller Streams

• Is any isolated body of water that does not freely share water with the ocean.

• The science of surface and underground fresh water, including lakes and rivers.

• A stream that flows year-round

Seiche

• The land that a stream drains

• The origin of a stream

• Small oscillations in water level

• Fertile topsoil deposits

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