Processes Stream Pre-Lab
Name:___________________
Define the following terms (just a short sentence and/or a small sketch will be fine... nothing too lengthy). Use pages 249-260 in your lab book, your lecture textbook, and the internet as a reference. perennial stream intermittent stream alluvium stream drainage system
drainage basin divide point bar cutbank meander oxbow lake channel bar stream terrace braided stream delta alluvial fan floodplain base level load
1) What the is discharge of a river?
What is the equation for calculating discharge? This isn't in your lab book, so you'll have to hunt it down. Discharge =
2) Using the drainage patterns listed on page 216 of your lab manual, fill in the following chart. Channel Shape (example) Random Rectangular with long main stream Converging Radiating outward Concentric Irregular and branching Right-angle bends Drainage Pattern Deranged Geological Control No relation to underlying bedrock