Exam 16: Fluvial Processes

Niagara Falls is a large waterfall on a river, so it can be considered as an example of ________.

The chemical erosion of stream channels is known as ________.

A peneplain is the ________ of the classical geomorphic cycle of erosion.

Which of the following is uncommon along streams?

Which of the following rivers has the largest delta in the world?

Which of the below is the major concept to which all the others are part of?

Explain how rivers construct deltas. Then, speculate as to why the mighty St. Lawrence River--draining the Great Lakes--does not have a delta.

On sloping ground, most particles move downhill because of the collision of raindrops with the landscape. This movement of sediment is known as ________.

Hydropower is "green" so it is increasingly easier to develop in the United States.

Rejuvenation results from the uplift of a regional landscape and creates new slope angles to be weathered.

The final result of the classical theory of the geomorphic cycle concept is ________.

The deepest part of a stream channel is known as the ________.

All natural deltas are in a triangular shape.

The largest river in the world without a delta is the ________ River.

Usually 4th order streams are more numerous than 1st order streams.

On a meandering stream, maximum erosion takes place along the ________.

Knickpoints are irregularities in otherwise graded channel profiles.

In the system of stream orders, the smallest unit in the network is at the ________.

Rivers downcutting into a land surface, in the absence of other forces, usually tend to erode a ________-shaped form.

Uplift and rejuvenation are indicated by the presence of landforms known as ________.