Erosion and deposition Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
How is a meander formed?
A
The river is eroded forming a bend in the river.
2
Q
What are the types of erosion?
A
Hydraulic action, attrition, abrasion, solution.
3
Q
What are the types of transportation?
A
Solution, suspention, saltation, traction
4
Q
What is the order of the water cycle?
A
Evaporation,Transpiration, condensation, precipitation, run off, infiltration, through flow, groundwater flow.
5
Q
What is a watershed?
A
The boundry between two drainage basins.
6
Q
What is a drainage basin?
A
An ares of land that drains water into one river or stream.
7
Q
What is the term for the water soaking into the ground?
A
Infiltration
8
Q
What is a confluence?
A
Where two rivers meet.
9
Q
What is a tributry?
A
A river that joins on to a bigger river.
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