

After reading Chapter 16, you should be able to:
- Identify basic drainage patterns and provide examples of each.
- Describe the concept of stream systems, with a focus on stream orders and structural relationships.
- Illustrate how streams shape and reshape valleys through deepening, widening, and lengthening.
- Describe stream rejuvenation and its effect on the landscape.
- Describe and critically analyze various theories of landform development.