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Mass wasting - ANSWERSDownslope movement of soil, sediment, or rock under direct influence of gravity Creep - ANSWERSGradual downhill movement of soil or regolith Mud flow - ANSWERSAlso called Debris Flow. Rapid type of mass wasting that involves flow of soil and regolith containing a large a...

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Mass wasting - ANSWERSDownslope movement of soil, sediment, or rock under direct
influence of gravity

Creep - ANSWERSGradual downhill movement of soil or regolith

Mud flow - ANSWERSAlso called Debris Flow. Rapid type of mass wasting that involves
flow of soil and regolith containing a large amount of water.

rock slide - ANSWERSOccur when rocks of bedrock break loose and slide down a
slope

Head - ANSWERSArea where stream originates (?)

Mouth - ANSWERSPoint downstream where it empties into another body of water

Discharge - ANSWERSVolume of water flowing past a certain point in a given unit of
time. "Discharge, usually measured in cubic meters per second or cubic feet per
second, is determined by multiplying a stream's cross- sectional area by its velocity."

Cut bank - ANSWERSOutside of the meander zone

Point bar - ANSWERSinside of meander zone, where larger sediment is deposited


Springs - ANSWERS

Artesian wells - ANSWERS• When groundwater under pressure rises above the aquifer
with no pump.

Cone of depression - ANSWERSDrawdown decreases with increasing distance from
the well, creating a cone of depression

Porosity - ANSWERS- Pore spaces are holes in rock and soil
- Porosity = % of total volume of rock or sediment that consists of pore spaces

Sinkholes - ANSWERSmade by collapsed caves or subsidence

caves - ANSWERS

Sinking streams - ANSWERSDisappearing streams

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