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Rivers, Lakes, & Reservoirs Origins and Forms

Concepts of Reach and Order p.18

River Systems of the World

Discharge of Major Rivers (National Geographic Society)

Pay attention to Table 3-3, p19.

The Amazon River Drainage

The Mississippi River Drainage

Susquehanna River

Trellis Drainage p. 19

Volga-Caspian Sea

Radial Drainage p.19

North Platte Braided Stream See Fig 3-7, p22

Evidence of flowing water

Oxbow on the lower Mississippi pp

Lake Baikal pp

Crater Lake pp

Lake Missoula (National Park Service map) pp

Dry Falls lake pp

Gros Ventre Slide (Wyoming) pp

Trinity Lake -Alps pp

Development of the Great Lakes pp

Great Lakes today pp

Finger Lakes pp

Kettle Lakes pp

Deflation Basin pp

Reservoirs or Impoundments pp

Roles of Impoundments Power Generation Water Supply Stabilize Water Flow/ Irrigation Flood Control Land Reclamation Water Diversion Navigation Commercial Fisheries Recreation

pp

Earthen Dams

Types of Dams

Grand Coulee Dam

Hoover Dam & Lake Meade

3 Gorges Dam

Hydroelectric Dam

Low Head Dams

Inflatable Rubber Dam

Farm Ponds

St. Francis Dam Failure March 13, 1928

Be able to compare expected characteristics of streams, reservoirs & lakes (consult Tables 3-4 & 3-5, pp )

Beaver Ponds

Summary of chapter 4