UGA GEOG 1111 Final Exam Review Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated)
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UGA GEOG 1111 Final Exam Review
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the science of water at and below the Earth's surface - answerHydrology
Processes that are related expressly to streams and rivers - answerFluvial
The term _____ is applied to the trunk or main stream of the network o...
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UGA GEOG 1111 Final Exam Review Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) the science of water at and below the Earth's surface - answer✔✔Hydrology Processes that are related expressly to streams and rivers - answer✔✔Fluvial The term _____ is applied to the trunk or main stream of the network of tributaries forming a ________. - answer✔✔river; river system Every stream has its own __________ _____, or __________, ranging in size from tiny to vast. - answer✔✔drainage basin; watershed sheetflow --->rills --->gullies - answer✔✔drainage divides High ground that separates one valley from another and directs sheet flow - answer✔✔interfluve Extensive mountain and highland regions act as _________ that separate major drainage basins. - answer✔✔continental divides Some regions, such as the Great Salt Lake Basin, have ______________ that does not reach the ocean, the only outlets being evaporation and subsurface gravitational flow - answer✔✔internal drainage determined by the number and length of channels in a given area and is an expression of a landscape's topographic surface appearance - answer✔✔drainage density steepness, variable rock resistance, variable cli mate, hydrology, relief of the land, and structural controls imposed by the landscape - answer✔✔drainage pattern depends on: dendritic trellis radial parallel rectangular deranged - answer✔✔types of drainage patterns (6): the slope, or the stream's drop in elevation per unit distance rise/run; usually measured in m/km or f/mi - answer✔✔gradient of a stream the level below which a stream can't erode its valley (sea level) - answer✔✔ultimate base level A _______ is a natural local base level; the ______ behind a dam is a human -caused local base level. - answer✔✔river/lake; reservoir A stream's volume of flow per unit of time (Q=wdv) q=discharge w= channel width d=channel depth v=stream velocity - answer✔✔discharge High potential evapotranspiration rates in arid regions can cause discharge to decrease with distance downstream, a process that is often exacerbated by water removal for irrigation - answer✔✔exotic stream In streams where friction is high, as in a section of rapids, _________ occurs - answer✔✔turbulent flow In deep, lowland rivers, where the flow has less contact with the bed and banks and the channel has fewer obstacles that create roughness, ______ is reduced. - answer✔✔friction flow all y ear, fed by snowmelt, rainfall, groundwater, or some combination of those sources. - answer✔✔Perennial streams flow only after precipitation events and are not connected to groundwater systems. - answer✔✔Ephemeral streams
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