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A type of mass movement when a big piece of ill detaches itself from the
hill and moves as a unit - ANSWER-Landslide
An extremely slow type of mass movement resulting in the slow
movement of the upper layers of soil downhill - ANSWER-Creeps
What are the 4 processes involved in the hydrologic cycle? - ANSWER-
Evaporation, advection, precipitation, and runoff
This occurs when groundwater is taken out faster than it is replaced and
the water table drops down - ANSWER-Groundwater mining
This occurs when pore spaces fill with air when the water table drops
don and the pressure compresses the air, resulting in a collapse -
ANSWER-Aquifer collapse
Landfills and septic systems can leak and flow in to water systems
resulting in ______________ - ANSWER-Pollution
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,The movement of saline water in to freshwater aquifers - ANSWER-
Saltwater intrusion
A land area that supplies water to a particular river system - ANSWER-
Drainage basin
A drainage pattern that resembles a tree or root system and is found in
many different systems in life (the most energy efficient) - ANSWER-
Dendritic
A drainage pattern where all tributaries are relatively parallel to one
another and flow in the same direction - ANSWER-Parallel
A drainage pattern where the tributaries flow away from a central point
and occurs in areas with a high central elevation - ANSWER-Radial
A drainage pattern where the tributaries flow in one direction, but form a
90 degree angle with the river - ANSWER-Trellis
A drainage pattern that has no logic to it and occurs in places that were
recently disturbed - ANSWER-Deranged
A type of channel where water flows year round - ANSWER-Perennial
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, A type of channel where water flows for a portion of the year and is dry
for the other part of the year - ANSWER-Intermittent
A type of channel that occurs in arid regions and can remain dry for
years - ANSWER-Ephemeral
The volume of water moving past a point per unit of time - ANSWER-
Discharge
What is the equation for discharge? - ANSWER-Channel width x
channel depth x water velocity = Q
The wearing down of particles - ANSWER-Erosion
The moving or soil / particles - ANSWER-Translocation
A mode of sediment transport when particles are deposited somewhere -
ANSWER-Deposition
The total amount of soil a river can move - ANSWER-Capacity
The size of the material a river can move - ANSWER-Competence
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