Exam 16: Fluvial Processes

Which of the following is descriptive of hillslope form as found in nature?

When a first-order stream joins a second-order stream, the result is always ________.

Niagara Falls is the most famous set of falls in North America because they ________.

Solution and hydrolysis combine to create ________ in streams.

In today's Mississippi River delta,

Which of the following correctly describes a stream's capacity?

Many streams have drainage patterns unrelated to the underlying geologic structure.

Which stream channels tend to be most turbulent?

________ drainage patterns are more numerous then all other drainage patterns combined.

The greatest amount of material transported by a stream is carried in its ________.

Deltas are built as sediments erode from near the mouth of a stream.

Niagara Falls were formed ________.

________ is the counterpart of "scouring".

Streams flowing into a structural basin form radial drainage patterns.

The idealized sequence of slope retreat, according to Davis, would result in ________.

Using a diagram, explain the mechanisms involved in the migration of river meanders over time.

Conceptually, a drainage basin terminates at the ________ that is a line of separation between runoff that descends in the direction of the drainage basin and runoff that goes toward an adjacent basin.

As a stream-related measure, competence is expressed as a ________.

An oxbow lake was formerly a ________.

The process in which small particles are moved along by streamflow or wind in a series of jumps or bounces is ________.