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Vocab 10/26
Question | Answer |
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tributary | a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream |
watershed | the area of land that is drained by a river system |
divide | the ridges or elevated regions that separate watersheds |
stream load | the materials other than the water that are carried by a stream |
discharge | the volume of water that flows through a section of a river in a given amount of time |
gradient | the change in elevation over a given distance; how steep the land is that the stream is flowing over |
headwaters | the beginning of a stream |
(river)mouth | where the stream enters a larger body of water |
meander | one of the bends, twists, or curves in a low-gradient stream or river |
oxbow lake | a U-shaped body of water that forms from a meander that has been cut off from the main stem of a river |