GEOL 1408 Exam 2
Which of the following loads are most likely to consist of heavy rocks and boulders?
Bed load
the largest drainage basin in the continental US is
Mississippi River Drainage Basin
What is a Hydrograph NOT able to tell you about a river?
amount of rainfall an area receives
the area drained by a single stream is called a
drainage basin
In which of the following environments are flash floods least common?
humid environments with large mandering rivers (zone 2)
In curved channels, maximum velocity traces the ___ curve where the channel is preferentially scoured and deepened
outside
Which river would have the highest gradient?
rivers flowing down a mountain
Surface Drainage is referred to as
runoff
Water flowing downslope as a thin film is called
sheet flow
Which of the following loads would make a river appear murky or dirty?
suspended load
What is the stage of a river?
water level above some arbitrary point in the river (the height of water that is flowing)