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)