Week 3. drainage basin A system of rivers and streams that drains an area.
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Week 3
drainage basin
A system of rivers and streams that drains an area
delta
A fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a
stream
meander
A curve or loop in a channel
landform
A natural structure on Earth’s surface
canyon
A V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream
plateau
A large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area
channel
the course or path the water takes in a stream or a river
weathering
The breaking down and wearing away of earth materials caused by water,
wind, or ice
erosion
The movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice
deposition
The process by which materials eroded by water, wind, or ice are
dropped in a new place
sediments
Bits of rock, soil, sand, shells, and the remains of organisms
basin
a low area in which sediments are often deposited
Slide 2: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/bro/MRivDrainageBasin.gif
Slide 3: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Lena_River_Delta_-_Landsat_2000.jpg/300px-Lena_River_Delta_-_Landsat_2000.jpg
Slide 4: http://www.markdixon.ca/images/meander_1_med_rgb.jpg
Slide 5:http://www.abcteach.com/free/l/landform3bwlabeled.jpg
Slide 6: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/tgd/images/deep_canyon_v04.jpg
Slide 7: http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/175/colorado_plateau_t3105.jpg
Slide 8: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Science/Images/Content/okavango-channel-744040-sw.jpg
Slide 9: http://www.barwonbluff.com.au/education/activities/earth%20science/rock%20on/images/06%20differential%20weathering.jpg
Slide 10: http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/images2/erosion1a.jpg
Slide 11: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/html/00771803/images/00771803_fig57a.jpg
Slide 12: http://www.searchmesh.net/images/gmhm3-19_coarse_sediment_sample.jpg
Slide 13:http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/cp_megalandslides/0644-sediment_deposits_on_west_wall_near_tapeats_spring.JPG