GEO 207 Midterm: GEO207 UNIT 2 REVIEW
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Area drained by a single stream or river (also called: water shed, river basin, and catchment) What is the difference between dissolved load, suspended load, and bed load? (p. 175) Dissolved (solution): particles so small floating along, suspended floating through water, bed on ground. Meandering: single thread, curves and bends and braided: multiple threads. Describe the three zones of a river system. (pp. 1: production zone (steeper area) 2: transport zone (broad valley &floodplain) 3: Natural process of overbank flow (high water level that over flows levees) Cover a wide area, produced by long storms that produce increased runoff. Intense rainfall over short period of time in a small area that typically occur in. Zone 1 and small drainage basins of tributaries of a larger river. Contrast the alluvial fans and delta flows of zone 3 with zone 2 river flows. Theyre less predictable than zone 2, they have uncertain flow paths, inconsistent.
