Unit 7 Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
Q

Channel

A

Path stream/river takes

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2
Q

Water shed

A

Where water is held land where water gets funneled

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3
Q

Floodplain

A

Adjacent to water

Area that typically gets flooded

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4
Q

Tributary

A

Smaller bodies that branch off river/stream

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5
Q

Steam velocity

A

Top- middle, less friction

Side- just below surface

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6
Q

Weathering

A

Breakdown of rocks into small pieces

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7
Q

Glacier Striations

A

Glacier movement abrasion scratches rocks

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8
Q

Glacier sorting type layering

A

Unsorted
Un layered
out wash is the one exception it’s sorts when melt

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9
Q

Drumlin

A

Ice moves from steep side to gradual

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10
Q

Glacier scrapes at valley creating…

A

U shape valley

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11
Q

Cirque

A

Deep bowl depression

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12
Q

Arête

A

Sharp jagged ridge

Bren cirques

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13
Q

Horn

A

Many arêtes form pyramid peak

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14
Q

Kettle

A

Our wash plains w/ depressions
Chucks of ice are buried
Ice melts—> hole—> lake

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15
Q

Soil

A

Weathered rock remains

Organic material

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16
Q

Groundwater

A

Water that goes underground in spaces Btwn soil

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17
Q

Delta

A

Sediments go out in Triangle shape
Land form at mouth of river
Horizontal sorting

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18
Q

Alluvial fan

A

Stream deposits sed. on land
Flows from mountain to flat land
Fan shape

19
Q

Flooding

A

Increase of water volume —> overflow

On FLAT land only

20
Q

Plants and flooding

A

Protects from erosion

Takes in would be run off water

21
Q

Relief

A

Difference in elevation

22
Q

Plains

A

Low relief
Flat
Horizontal SED bedrock
Rivers, valleys

23
Q

Plateaus

A

Mid. Relief
Horizontal SED bedrock
Catskills⭐️, dissected plateau

24
Q

Mountain

A

Highest relief
Extreme elevation
META IGN bedrock

25
Arid climate
Dry Steep slopes, angled rocks, no vege. Thin soils Phys. weathering
26
Humid climate
Moist, gentle slopes, round rocks, lots of vege | Thick souls, chem. Weathering
27
Radial drainage
Off slope | Diff. Directions off MOUNT
28
Dendritic drainage
Flow off plains, low points Flat water Branches
29
Trellis drainage
Flow off plateau Faulted/folded rock Flow through folds
30
Annular
Water flows off igneous body Intrusion breaks through sed rock Eroded—> groves
31
Agents of erosion
Gravity Wind Water Ice
32
Erratic
Boulders leftover left behind from glaciers
33
Surface ocean currents
Shallow currents in 1 cont. movement by prevailing winds
34
Wave height
Wind speed How long the wind blows Distance wind has blown(fetch)
35
Longshore drift longshore current
Carry sediments to beaches parallel to shore
36
Jetty
Reduce erosion Rock or wood walls 1 side deposition other erosion
37
Breakwaters
Reduce erosion | Walls to lose wave and their carry power
38
Groyne
Fences to limit carrying power of waves | Reduce erosion
39
Spits
Narrow sandbars | Finger points to direction wave is going
40
Longshore drift
Zigzag movement of sand
41
Longshore current
Waves travel at angle transport sand
42
Barrier islands
Sandbars that build up
43
Isolines
Connected points of equal value on map w/similar measurements
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Meandering streams
``` Inside = depósitos Outside = erosion ```