Streams Word Scramble
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runoff | rain water that does not sink into the ground, but instead runs across Earths surface until it flows into a stream |
stream discharge | volume of water that flows through a stream in a certain amount of time |
point bar | pile of sand and gravel deposited by meadowing stream on inside of meander |
load | Earth material that is created by a stream,either suspended in the water, dissolved in water,or rolling,bouncing or sliding along bed |
meandering stream | twisting stream w/ many curves that erodes on the outside of meanders and deposits sediment on inside of meanders |
food plain | fat, level of stream valleys covered by water during a floof |
drainage basin | specifc area w/ that is drained by a stream |
braided stream | stream w/many interlacing channels that are sepparated by bars and islands |
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