Nov. 11
From GeoClasses
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Topics from chapter 18
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features of rivers
- channel
- valley
- floodplain
- features:
- meanders
- point bars
- oxbow lakes
- see fig. 18.3
- braided streams
- levees
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drainage networks
- divide
- drainage basin
- dendritic drainage
- rectangular drainage
- trellis drainage
- radial drainage
- drainage patterns through time
- antecedent stream
- superposed stream
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stream erosion
- abrasion
- potholes
- weathering
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sediment transport
- laminar flow vs turbulent flow
- suspended load, bed load
- competence and capacity
- settling and saltation
- see figs 18.14 and 18.15
- bed forms:
- dunes
- ripples
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deltas
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flooding
- discharge
- see fig. 18.21
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longitudinal profile
- what is it
- base level
- graded streams
- alluvial fans
- terraces
