Vocab 10/26 Word Scramble
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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 |
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