GEOG201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Crop Rotation, Organic Matter, Contour Plowing

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG201
• Professor: Mike Stone

Document Summary

Draw and label subsurface water zone in a soil column. How would moisture as a percentage from 0 to. After a rainfall, the percent moisture increases because water infiltrates through the zone of aeration. This adds water to the capillary fringe because the water table rises due to the increase of percent moisture. The water table moves up and down with the capillary fringe. There are four variations of channel form which is a function of sediment type, stream power, channel gradient, and channel stability. Different channel types exist along an energy gradient, ranging from high. Energy braided channels through meandering and straight low-energy anastomosing channels (a sub- set of anabranching channels). Floodouts and chain-of-ponds are found in low-gradient arid environments, where downstream reductions in discharge result in a dwindling supply of energy. The continuum of river form is divided into three levels of energy (high, medium, and low) and by specific dominated channels (bedload, mixed load and suspended load).