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Hydrology T-1
This is for test 1 in Hydrology
Term | Definition |
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Perennial Stream | Flows throughout the year |
Intermittent Stream | Flows Seasonally |
Ephemeral Steam | Flows only after a precip event. |
Mass Units | Kilograms |
Length Units | Meters |
Time Units | Seconds |
Temperature Units | Kelvin |
Velocity | meters per second |
Discharge | meters cubed per second |
Density | Kilograms per meters cubed or grams per centimeter cubed |
Viscosity | (kg*N)/m^2 or kg/(m*s) |
Examples of Resevoirs | 1. Atmosphere 2. Lakes 3. Rivers 4. Underground |
Hydrology | The study of water |
Why study surface h20? | Because it affects populations |
Floodplain | An area of flat land adjacent to a stream that expected to flood. |
Stage of Stream | Height of water above the stream bed. |
Stream Type: Braided | Steams that intertwine/braid with each other |
Stream Type: Straight | A stream that goes relatively straight and does not intertwine with other streams |
Stream Type: Meandering | A very curving and twisting stream, that does not intertwine with other streams. |