A streambed or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river (bathymetry) and is confined within a channel, or the banks (bank (geography) of the waterway...
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A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a...
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Indications of waterborne debris and sediment transport. Defined river or stream bed and banks. The catchment area exceeds .25 square miles (0.65 km2). USGS...
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Stream load is a geologic term referring to the solid matter carried by a stream (Strahler and Strahler, 2006). Erosion and bed shear stress continually...
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Placer mining (/ˈplæsər/) is the mining of stream bed deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit mining or by various surface excavating equipment...
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The term bed load or bedload describes particles in a flowing fluid (usually water) that are transported along the stream bed. Bed load is complementary...
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Meander (redirect from Meandering Stream)
stream the width must be taken into consideration. The bankfull width is the distance across the bed at an average cross-section at the full-stream level...
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silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings...
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of restoring the health of the stream. Over 10,000 trees have been planted on the banks of the stream, and the stream bed has been progressively cleared...
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pebbles, sand, silt, and clay. These particles make up the bed load of the stream. Stream competence was originally simplified by the “sixth-power-law...
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carbonate ions. The surface water of chalk streams is commonly described as "gin clear". The channel bed consists of angular flint gravel derived from...
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Fluvial sediment processes (redirect from Stream valley)
erosion or deposition on the river bed. The movement of water across the stream bed exerts a shear stress directly onto the bed. If the cohesive strength of...
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and cultural landscapes, for example: Serious erosion – scouring of the stream bed, Subsequent landslips, Endangering of mountain forest and protected forest...
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Bank (geography) (redirect from Stream bank)
(the study of inland waters), a stream bank or river bank is the terrain alongside the bed of a river, creek, or stream. The bank consists of the sides...
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During dry seasons the water table may fall below the level of the stream's bed, causing it to dry out. Exploitation of chalk aquifers as a domestic...
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perform sexual acts on each other. Colley was then dragged towards a dry stream bed by Gerald after he removed a shovel from under their van's seat and yanked...
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toward the Mississippi River was a wetland that occupied the ancient stream bed of the Chicago Outlet River. Early settlers called this marshy area “Mud...
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In physical geography, a dell is a grassy hollow—or dried stream bed—often partially covered in trees. In literature, dells have pastoral connotations...
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Australia...a stream smaller than a river. "creek". Collins. Collins. Retrieved 18 May 2019. US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand a small stream or tributary...
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large, oval stream bed measuring about 50 by 80 m (165 by 260 ft); it surrounds, and is surrounded by, a lush grassy field. The granite stream bed is from...
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River ecosystem (redirect from Stream ecology)
slope, flowing waters can alter the general shape or direction of the stream bed, a characteristic also known as geomorphology. The profile of the river...
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and straits (B) Marine subtidal aquatic beds: Underwater vegetation; including kelp beds and sea grass beds, and tropical marine meadows (C) Coral reefs...
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following the stream bed of the springs that created the cavern. This trail includes the Rimstone Dams, which create pools along the stream bed, and the Ghost...
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nearly level stream bed and sluggishly moving water, that may be able to carry only small amounts of very fine sediment. High gradient streams tend to have...
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Riffle-pool sequence (category Water streams)
sequence within a stream bed commonly occurs at intervals of from 5 to 7 stream widths. Meandering streams with relatively coarse bed load tend to develop...
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Wadi (redirect from Dry river beds)
have braided stream patterns because of the deficiency of water and the abundance of sediments. Water percolates down into the stream bed, causing an abrupt...
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flood of September 2013 considerably redistributed stream sediment and re-channelized the stream bed in places. Mitigation and recovery efforts in the...
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sediment along a stream bed and its banks; this will take rocks and particles from the banks and bed of the stream and add this to the stream's load. This process...
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[according to whom?] as it appears[where?] to be using the old Warche river stream bed.[citation needed] The Eau Rouge has been a border river for several periods...
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water to remove the lye. Then, it is stream-bleached (川ざらし, kawa zarashi). The fibers are placed in a stream bed around which a dam is built. Clean water...
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