Flashcards
River Terms
Flashcards do conjunto (15)
- 1ProfileCross-section of a river to show its gradient
- 2MouthWhere the river meets the sea
- 3BedThe base of a river
- 4SourceThe start of a river
- 5ConfluenceThe point where two rivers meet
- 6Channel shapeThe width and depth of the river
- 7DischargeThe amount of water passing a specific part of a river at a given time - usually measured in \[m^3 /s\]
- 8VolumeThe amount of water in a river
- 9VelocityThe speed of the river
- 10GradientThe slope of the river
- 11InterceptionWhen trees stop precipitation from hitting the ground directly
- 12ThroughflowWhen water travels through soil towards a river
- 13Hard engineeringLarge artificial structures built to combat fluvial issues
- 14Soft engineering'Natural' methods of solving fluvial issues
- 15Particle size distributionThe distribution of the sizes of sediment
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- Criado por Antonia Blankenberg · 19 jun 2017
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