Effects on a Lake
The eventual ending for all lakes.
Shrinking
The bodies of water that contain the most amount of Earth’s surface fresh water.
Lakes and Ponds
A stream along with all of its tributaries.
Stream System
The point of origin on a stream.
Source (+1000)
A high gradient stream erodes its stream bed more than this.
Banks
The exchanging of oxygen and nutrients between the surface and bottom during Spring and Autumn in lakes and ponds.
(Thermal) Turnovers
An unusual lake that has an inlet but no outlet.
Salt Lake
Remnants of large salty lakes that have evaporated due to climate changes.
Salt Flats
The lowest point water can flow in a stream.
Mouth/Base Level (normal tile)
The greatest source of fresh water as whole on Earth.
The season that gives the strongest variability of temperature in lakes and ponds.
Summer
You would most expect this body of water to have a V-shaped cross-section.
High-Gradient Stream
The study of Earth’s surface waters.
Limnology
A ridge that separates drainage basins from another.
Divide (+847)
A crater lake can be the result of a volcano or this.
Meteorite Impact
A sloshing effect on lake levels caused by a rapidly moving weather system passing over a large lake.
Seiche
A stream designated by dotted lines on a topographic map.
Intermittent Stream
In order for ships to pass dams such as the Three Gorges Dam in China, they need these.
The region in which water empties out into its stream and tributaries.
Drainage Basin (-947)
A measure of the slope of a stream.
Gradient
The excessive flow of nutrients into a pond or lake that can increase water turbidity and toxicity.
Eutrophication
A type of lake produced by a cutoff.
Oxbow Lake
Develops in the channels of low gradient streams.
Meanders
The gradient of a stream is most related to this.
Elevation Profile (-1000)
The most likely reason that engineers would design and build levees.
Flood Prevention