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Science
Term | Definition |
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gradient | slope of a river channel |
topography | physical characteristics of the land |
tributaries | feeder streams |
bed load | sediment carried along the bottom of the channel of a stream or river |
velocity | distance water flows within some period of time, such as meters per second or feet per second |
mouth | a place where a stream or river ends by flowing into another body of water |
source | a place where a stream or river begins |
groundwater | water, rain, and melting snow that seeps into the ground and is stored beneath earths surface |
runoff | precipitation that runs off the ground |
transpiration | release of water from a plant's leaves into the air |
precipitation | liquid or solid water that returns to the earth fro the clouds |
condensation | return of vapor to a liquid state by cooling |
evaporation | a process where by the heat of the sun changes the water on Earth's surface from a liquid to a gas |