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Running Water
Surface Processes Part 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stream | Running water that is confined to a channel |
| Tributary | Smaller streams that flow into a larger one |
| Flood Plain | Nearly level plain that borders the river |
| Levee | Mound of sediment that parallels the course of the river that prevents flooding |
| Stream carry sediment | Dissolved minerals in solution, solid particles are suspended in water |
| Stream Velocity | The speed of the stream |
| Gradient | Slope of the stream |
| Discharge | Amount of water that flows past a given point at a given time |
| Channel Shape | Shape of the bed where the running water is can fined |
| Straight Stream | Greatest velocity is in the middle |
| Curvy Stream | Greatest velocity is on the outside of the curve |
| V-Shaped valley | Down cutting of a stream |
| Meanders | As a stream gets older it begins to shift its course in a series of bends |