Exam 4 Flashcards
(14 cards)
What type of drainage pattern is typical of areas confined by mountain ranges or ridges?
Trellis
What is the maximum load a stream can transport called?
Capacity
True or false. Limestone is a good aquifer.
True
What are two depositional features of a stream?
Floodplain and Delta
What is a way that humans have altered ground water?
Groundwater overdraft
Which is the largest LIQUID freshwater portion of water on earth?
Ground water.
What are flowing downhill due to gravity confined to a channel is called a…
Stream
True or false. Stratified drift is a type of glacial sediment.
True.
Wind blown sediment is called…
Loess
What type of sand is produced by more than One Direction of wind flow?
Longitudinal
What type of current is produced by a combination of wind and the Coriolis effect?
Ocean gyre
The distance when travels across the water is called the …
Fetch
The time interval for one full wave to pass a fixed position is called the wave…
Period
A smaller stream connected to a larger stream is called a…
Tributary
