Exam 16: Fluvial Processes

A(n) ________ forms when a stream has been beheaded by stream capture.

The world's largest streams are intermittent.

The land separating adjoining valleys is known as a(n) ________.

Downcutting is usually most prominent along the ________ part of a stream valley.

Which of the following is NOT descriptive of hill slope form as found in nature?

________ is a measure of the particle size a stream can transport.

The total volume of flow in streams is termed ________.

Turbulent flow in streams is a main means of dissipating energy into erosion

Which is the most common type of drainage pattern?

In the "peneplain" stage of the geomorphic cycle, there are no hills on the landscape.

The geographer William M. Davis was the principal researcher who developed what we now know to be equilibrium theory.

Which of the following is uncommon along streams?

Valleys lengthen at the expense of interfluves becoming smaller.

A(n) ________ stream has developed a channel along a zone of structural weakness.

The direct collision of a raindrop with the ground, laterally shifting fine particles a few millimeters, is ________.

When a meandering stream is incised into a gradually rising crust or bedrock, the result is a(n) ________.

This drainage pattern looks like the veins on the underside of a leaf:

The chemical erosion of stream channels is known as ________.

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

Flow in a stream usually is fastest ________.