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| the level of the body of water into which a stream flows |
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| sand pebbles and boulders that are moved along the bed of a stream and that are too heavy to be carried by suspension |
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| a measure of the total amount of sediment a stream can carry |
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| a measure that describes the maximum the size the particles a stream can carry |
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| a fan shaped deposit that forms when a river flows into a quiet or large body of water such as a lake an ocean or an inland sea |
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| the volume of water that passes a certain point in a stream or river after a certain amount of time |
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| the higher land that seperates one drainage basin from another |
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| all the land that drains into the river either directly or through its tributaries a watershed |
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| a sudden flood usually caused by a sudden heavy rainfall |
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| a phenomenon whereby a river flows into a bank |
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| a wide level area that borders a river and it is covered by water during a flood |
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| the slope or incline of an area either land or a stream |
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| the process by which land is worn away at the head of gully or steam of a valley |
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| the eroded rock and soil materials that are carried by a river |
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| Broad loping bends in a river |
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| ELevated ridges along a river bank that forms by the depoisiton of the rivers sediment load |
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| a crecent shaped body of water formed when sediments deposited by a river cut off a meander from a river |
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| deep oval or circular basins cut into a stream or river bed by abrasion from swirling sand pebbles and small boulders |
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| a river and all its tributaries |
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| the diversion of the upper part of one stream by the headward growth of another stream |
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| a state in which rock materials carried by a river are stirred up and kept from sinking by the turbulence of stream flow |
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| a stream that runs into another stream or river |
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| all the land that drains into the river either directly or through its tributaries a drainage basin |
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| the process by which materials are dropped such as sand silts by a stream also the process which frost forms when water vapor condenses as a solid |
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