Exercises 9, 10 and 11 Rivers and Streams

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Exercises 9, 10 and 11 Rivers and Streams GEOL 1307 Physical Geology Exercises 9, 10 and 11 Rivers and Streams

Stream Patterns Watershed Rainfall Bedrock Topography Climate Permeability Mineralogy Faults

Drainage Patterns Dendritic Rectangular Tellis Raidal

Erosion by Rivers Water Flows Downhill!

Life Cycle of a Meandering River Degradational Stage Tributaries River Channel Balanced Stage Point Bars Levees Flood Plains Aggradational Stage Distributaries Deltas Terminal Stage Stream Piracy

Erosional Features Meanders Cut Banks Terraces Oxbow Lakes Transgressive Sequences Regressive Sequences

Depositional Features Point Bars Levees Flood Plains Deltas

Stages of Erosion Initial Stage of Erosion Intermediate Stage of Erosion Terminal Stage of Erosion Rejuvenation