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A river is a body of _________ that flows within a channel
fresh water
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Which river was a “sculptor” of the Grand Canyon?
colorado
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________ lead to streams, and streams lead to _________
gullies, rivers
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What causes runoff to go downward?
Gravity
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Tributaries is a fancy word for ____________
streams
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Examples of rivers we talked about were….
ohio, colorado, missouri
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What 2 things do rivers form from….
runoff and melted snow
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Tributaries are bodies of water that lead to major ________
rivers
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What is the source and mouth of a river? Where are they on your face?
source- where river starts mouth- where river ends, empties into ocean
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What are banks and riverbeds? Where are they on your face?
banks- sides of a river riverbed- bottom of river
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What is a channel and floodplain? Where on your face?
channel- path river flows floodplain- land where water may flood
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What is erosion and weathering?
erosion is earth materials breaking, weathering is a type of erosion where rocks break to smaller pieces
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What 2 processes create sediments?
erosion and weathering
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Abrasion can either ________ or _________ rock
smoothen or scrape
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What does carrying density depend on?
speed and discharge
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What is the purpose of the deposition?
to build up earths surface
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What happens to deposition when carrying capacity INCREASES?
it decreases
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Most deserts lie between what regions?
horse latitudes
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What are characteristics of deserts between horse latitudes?
high atmosphere pressure, and low precipitation
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What are the 2 types of river's load? explain.
suspended load- flows bed load- at bottom
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What are the 2 shapes of deposits in rivers?
alluvial and delta
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What is a continental and valley glacier?
continenetal several km thick (huge) valley are smaller on mountains
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What are 3 desert types?
polar, coastal, rain shadow
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What is a “wash”? Where is it located? What does it leave behind
"channel" of a desert that has evaporated water and leaves salt crystals
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Explain the process of glacier/ice erosion in DETAIL, including the ending results on bedrock.
water melts, into bedrock, refreezes, and moves along causing erosion
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