After reading Chapter 14, you should be able to:
- Define the term fluvial and outline the fluvial processes: erosion, transportation, and deposition.
- Construct a basic drainage basin model, and identify different types of drainage patterns and internal drainage, with examples.
- Describe the relation among velocity, depth, width, and discharge, and explain the various ways that a stream erodes and transports its load.
- Develop a model of a meandering stream, including point bar, undercut bank, and cutoff, and explain the role of stream gradient in these flow characteristics.
- Define a floodplain, and analyze the behavior of a stream channel during a flood.
- Differentiate the several types of river deltas, and detail each.
- Explain flood probability estimates, and review strategies for mitigating flood hazards.
