Physical Geography (chapter 16) – Flashcards
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An ____ is a higher land above the valley sides that separate adjacent valleys
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interfluve
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This drainage pattern looks like the veins on the underside of a leaf is called
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dendritic
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Stream terraces are sure evidence of
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rejuvenation
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____ is an expression of the total load a streak can transport
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capacity
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Streams lengthen their valleys mainly by ____ erosion
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headward
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The slowed flow and deposit of sediment near the mouth of a streams often forms a
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delta
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The curvature in a stream flow in a floodplain is so large that a cutoff meander forms, a subsequents _______ forms
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oxbow lake
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The primary difference between Davis theory of landforms and the Penck theory of landforms is
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slope of the landform
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The major difference between a consequent stream and subsequent stream is
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the composition of the underlying rock
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Increasing headward erosion resulting in the merging of two streams is called
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stream capture
