Stream Development

What does stream formation rely on?

• An adequate water supply

• Narrow path

• Stream Banks

• None of the above

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Which River in Wyoming flows through an impressive example of V-shaped channel?

• The Yellowstone River

• Amazon River

• Chavón River

• Lago Enriquillo

When does a stream gradient decreases?

• Down a slope called stream gradient.

• As it gets closer to the base level, and the channel gets wider as a result.

• Force by gravity water

• Headward Erosion.

When small streams erode away the rock or soil at the head of a stream, it is known as…

• Channels

• Streams

• Headward Erosion

• Trees

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Streams can be fed up by?

• Underground reservoirs of water.

• Water forest

• Earths surface

• Stream erode

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When the gradient is deep, water may move …

• Downhill rapidly, cutting steep valleys

• Type of narrow

• Deep gorge carved by a stream

• Into broader valleys.

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The region where water forest accumulates to supply a stream is called…

• Headwaters

• Stream channels

• Small Streams

• Running force

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It is common for a streams headwater to be?

• In a lake

• In school

• High in the mountains

• In bed

A stream actively abodes a path through the sediment or rock, and a ?

• V-shaped channels develops

• Broader valleys

• Streams gradient

• Meander

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