Chapter 13: Streams and Flooding
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Erosion and deposition by ____ are the principal processes that sculpt Earth's landscape. - CORRECT
ANSWERS rivers or streams
____ is the force behind a river's flow from high to low elevations. - CORRECT ANSWERS
Gravity
Streams often combine their flows and in doing so remove water from a larger area than any one stream
does. This interconnected system of streams forms a(n) ______. - CORRECT ANSWERS
drainage network
The discharge of a river is measured in cubic ____ per second. - CORRECT ANSWERS meters
or feet
The volume of water flowing through any part of a river per unit of time (discharge) is calculated by
______. - CORRECT ANSWERS multiplying the velocity by the cross-sectional area of the
river
Rivers and streams ____ the landscape, carry the materials, and later deposit the sediments, thereby
acting as major sculptors of Earth's surface. - CORRECT ANSWERS erode
A hydrograph shows ______. - CORRECT ANSWERS the change in a river's discharge over
time
The driving force behind a river's flow is ______. - CORRECT ANSWERS gravity
, A drainage _____ is an area in which all drainages merge into a single stream or move to a single body of
water. - CORRECT ANSWERS basin
What is a drainage network? - CORRECT ANSWERS A series of interconnected streams that
when combined drains a larger area than any one stream
The amount of water flowing through a channel over a given amount of time is called its ______. -
CORRECT ANSWERS discharge
A ridge or strip of high ground that separates one drainage basin from another is a drainage ____. -
CORRECT ANSWERS divide
What parameters do you need to know to calculate the discharge of a river? - CORRECT ANSWERS
>Water depth
>Width of channel
>Water velocity
A(n) ____ is a type of graph used to display the change in a river's discharge over time. - CORRECT
ANSWERS hydrograph
The hydrograph for a steeply-sloped basin will peak ______ than that for a basin with gentle slopes. -
CORRECT ANSWERS sooner
What is the name for the two areas highlighted in this image? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Drainage basins
This hydrograph likely belongs to a stream with ______ tributaries. - CORRECT ANSWERS
very few
(GEOG 1113) Latest Update 2026
(Questions and Answers-Verified
solutions
Erosion and deposition by ____ are the principal processes that sculpt Earth's landscape. - CORRECT
ANSWERS rivers or streams
____ is the force behind a river's flow from high to low elevations. - CORRECT ANSWERS
Gravity
Streams often combine their flows and in doing so remove water from a larger area than any one stream
does. This interconnected system of streams forms a(n) ______. - CORRECT ANSWERS
drainage network
The discharge of a river is measured in cubic ____ per second. - CORRECT ANSWERS meters
or feet
The volume of water flowing through any part of a river per unit of time (discharge) is calculated by
______. - CORRECT ANSWERS multiplying the velocity by the cross-sectional area of the
river
Rivers and streams ____ the landscape, carry the materials, and later deposit the sediments, thereby
acting as major sculptors of Earth's surface. - CORRECT ANSWERS erode
A hydrograph shows ______. - CORRECT ANSWERS the change in a river's discharge over
time
The driving force behind a river's flow is ______. - CORRECT ANSWERS gravity
, A drainage _____ is an area in which all drainages merge into a single stream or move to a single body of
water. - CORRECT ANSWERS basin
What is a drainage network? - CORRECT ANSWERS A series of interconnected streams that
when combined drains a larger area than any one stream
The amount of water flowing through a channel over a given amount of time is called its ______. -
CORRECT ANSWERS discharge
A ridge or strip of high ground that separates one drainage basin from another is a drainage ____. -
CORRECT ANSWERS divide
What parameters do you need to know to calculate the discharge of a river? - CORRECT ANSWERS
>Water depth
>Width of channel
>Water velocity
A(n) ____ is a type of graph used to display the change in a river's discharge over time. - CORRECT
ANSWERS hydrograph
The hydrograph for a steeply-sloped basin will peak ______ than that for a basin with gentle slopes. -
CORRECT ANSWERS sooner
What is the name for the two areas highlighted in this image? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Drainage basins
This hydrograph likely belongs to a stream with ______ tributaries. - CORRECT ANSWERS
very few
