Chapter 8

What is runoff?

Soil consists of ?

What is a slope?

What is a stream system?

What are tributaries?

What is vegetation?

What is a watershed?

What is a divide?

What is a stream channel?

What is base level?

The gradient of the stream depends on its ____, which is the elevation at which it enters another stream or body of water

As steams channels develop into _____ valleys, the volume of water and sediment that they are able to carry increases.

A bend or curve in a stream channel caused by moving water is ____?

____ continue to develop and become ___ and ___ over time.

The ___ of a stream determines how much sediment it can transport.

Delta deposits usually consist of layers of silly and clay particles.

Over the course of thousands of years, the Mississippi River Delta has (frequently) changed.

Rejuvenation means to make (old) again.

Natural lakes form in different ways in surface depressions and in (low) areas.

A wetland is any land area that is covered with water for a part of the year.