GEO 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Drainage Basin, Braided River, Continental Divide
17 Oct 2016
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Geo 120 - lecture 10 - streams - elizabeth laliberte. Constant cycling of water throughout the earth powered by the sun. Evaporation: water from a liquid to a vapor. Condensation: forming a liquid from a gas. Transpiration: water from the ground to air through plants. 97. 2% of earth"s water is found in the oceans. Body of water that flows down slope along a clearly defined passageway (channel) Profile of a stream from its headwaters to a point downstream. Volume of water that flows past a given point at a given time. Discharge = cross sectional area x velocity. Bank-full discharge: stream discharge that fills a channel to the top. Elevation of the water surface of a stream at any point. Plot of stream discharge or stage over time. Lag time- distance in time between peak rainfall and peak discharge. All the land area that sheds water into an outlet during a rainstorm.
