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Streams
Vocabulary review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Water that doesn’t sink in, but instead run across Earth’s surface is | |
| Runoff | Streams that have channels many curves |
| Meandering streams | A pile of sand and gravel that is deposited on the inside of a meander, forms |
| Point bar | Island separated by channels |
| Braided streams | Streams drain water from a specific area |
| Drainage basin | Sediment carried by a stream |
| Load | What type of stream load rolls, bounces, and slides along a stream’s bottom |
| Bed Load | The volume of water flowing through a stream in a given amount of time is called |
| Stream discharge | Flat region of land often covered by |
| Water during a flood |