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Science River stages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drainage Basin | A drainage basin is an area of land from which a stream or river collects runoffs! |
| Young stream | a stage of the river system development which begins at a source. From that source the stream flows, swiftly and rapidly downhill, cutting a narrow valley. |
| Mature stream | flow smoothly through a valley. Mature streams often develop broad curves called meanders. |
| Old stream | flow through broad, flat flood plains. Near its mouth, the stream gradually drops its load of slit. This sediment forms a delta |
| flooding | One of the reasons for this is because of rain that adds to the water in the river, causing it to overflow and drown surrounding areas. |
| helps provent flooding | delta and fan |
| Delta | are formed by sediments that are deposited as water, emptied into an ocean or lake, and form a triangle |
| Fan | when river waters empty from a mountain valley onto an open plain. |