Earth Science - Chapter 15 - River Systems

A fan shaped mass of rock material deposited by a stream

One if the bends, twists or curves in a low-gradient stream or river

A process of removing salt from ocean water

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

A fan shapped mass of rock material at the mouth of a stream

The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere and land

Beginning of a stream

More than _____ of all precipitation falls on Earth's oceans

A stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

The volume of water that flows within a given time

The water budget changes in the seasons.

On average, each person in the US uses about gal of water each year.

The total loss of water from an area

The continuous cycle of evapotranspiration, condensation and precipitation establish Earth's

Which of the following does not affect the local water budget

Evapotranspiration, condensation and precipitation that make up a continuous cycle

An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

The area of land that is drained by a river system

A stream or river that is composed of multiple channels that divide and rejoin

About _ of the water used by cities and industry is returned to rivers and oceans as wastwater.

When a stream is "captured" by another stream

The materials other than the water that is carried by a stream

The change in elevation over a given distance

In the process of ___, rivers channels lengthen and branch out at their upper ends.