Exam 16: Fluvial Processes

The degree of turbulence in stream flow is determined by the velocity and the ________.

With what sort of graph is streamflow measured and how would it appear after a heavy thunderstorm in an urban area?

Knickpoints are irregularities in otherwise graded channel profiles.

Branching channels that cross a delta are known as ________.

Niagara Falls were formed ________.

A valley bottom might be differentiated from valley sides in that valley if ________.

The drainage basin of a principal river encompasses the smaller drainage basins of all its tributaries.

Valley bluffs are remnants of previous knickpoints in a drainage basin.

Give an example of two ways humans have made major modifications to the Mississippi River system.

The most prominent of all depositional landscapes is the ________.

In arid climates, most small streams are ________.

Most of a stream's transported material is classified as bedload.

Fluvial process includes both the stream flow within valleys as well as ________.

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

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

An outstanding example of stream capture on a grand scale can be found along the ________.

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

A centripetal drainage pattern is essentially the opposite of a radial pattern.

Which type of erosion involves the most sediment per square meter in the places where it occurs?

Over long amounts of time, without tectonic activity, all local base levels would be eliminated.