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The Fluvial Processes
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1 .
Fluvial processes are those that involve running water.
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2 .
All of the area that contributes overland flow and groundwater to a particular stream is called a watershed.
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3 .
Interfluves normally have clear-cut drainage systems; valleys do not.
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4 .
Stream order is a hierarchy of streams beginning with the largest (first-order).
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5 .
A stream load contains three different loads: dissolved, suspended, and bedload.
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6 .
Competence is a measure of the largest particle size a stream can transport.
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7 .
Capacity is a measure of the amount of solid material a stream can transport.
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8 .
Alluvial material typically is smooth and round due to the battering the particles receive from their flow downstream.
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9 .
Discharge is the volume of stream flow.
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10 .
A dendritic pattern is treelike and consists of a random merging of streams.
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11 .
Friction between the solid and liquid surfaces cause a stream to flow fastest in the middle and at the surface.
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12 .
Base level is an imaginary surface extending underneath the continents from sea level at the coasts.
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13 .
Erosion occurs on the inside of stream bends.
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14 .
Deltas usually consist of a maze of roughly parallel channels called distributaries.
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15 .
Aggradation is the process of alluvium accumulation on the streambed that raises its bed elevation.
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16 .
In the final analysis, all topographic study is the study of how slopes change through time.
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