1. Surface Water
Chapter 9

2. Stream Stages Youthful Old ________: _______: Rapids Waterfalls
Fast-moving water
Steep slope
_______:
Broad floodplain
Meanders
Oxbow lakes
Meander Scars

3. Important Definitions
River System
____________ – a stream and all its tributaries
________ – a smaller stream that empties into a larger stream
_________ – the land area drained by a river system
______ – a high point that separates river systems
Tributary
Watershed
Divide

4. ________ – the bends and curves of a stream
Meanders
________ – the bends and curves of a stream

5. Oxbow lake
deposition
erosion

6. ____________ – deposit formed when a stream spreads out onto a less steep area
Alluvial Fan

7. _____ – where a stream empties into a larger body of water
Delta
_____ – where a stream empties into a larger body of water

8. ____________ – when an old age stream downcuts to “make it new again”
Rejuvenation

9. Stream Load A stream can carry its load in three different ways:
1.________ – material is dissolved
2.__________ – particles are held up by stream’s moving water
3._________ – material pushed or rolled along the stream’s channel
solution
suspension
bed load

10. Stream Discharge
Discharge is the amount of water that flows past a point in a certain amount of time.
Discharge is dependent upon velocity, depth, and width of the stream.
Discharge = _______ x _____ x _____
velocity
depth
width

11. Surface Water Review solution, suspension, bed load
land area drained by a river system
divide

12. Surface Water Review (continued)
in the center
along the sides and bottom because of the friction with the channel
a bend or curve in the stream
Maximum on the outside of the meander and minimum on the inside
inside of meanders
channel