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When the discharge of a stream increases what happens to the streams velocity?
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∙ 15y ago
When a stream's discharge increases, erosive energy increases.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe velocity increases too.
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How does an increase in a streams velocity affect its discharge and carrying capacity?
When the discharge of a stream increases, so does it's velocity. When it decreases, so does the velocity.
When the discharge of a stream increases what happens to the streams width?
When stream discharge increases, more water is flowing through a corridor. To accommodate that, the water will rise in the channel. Depending on the geometry of the channel, the width of wetted water surface may increase as the water fills a different geometry. If the width of the cross-sectional geometry is constant, however, only depth will increase, along with velocity.
Why do most streams in New York have greater stream discharge?
Melting snow increases runoff in spring
How does a river's velocity affect its competence and capacity?
the competence and capacity of a steam depend on a streams velocity and discharge. Because the velocity and discharge of a given stream are not constant , the competence and capacity of a stream are not constant . competence and capacity vary along a stream and change throughout the year.
Why do most streams in the United States have a greater stream discharge in spring than in summer?
Melting snow increases runoff in spring.
Stream velocity is faster in a?
Stream velocity is dependent of four things. They are, the flow type, the gradient, the channel shape, and the discharge of the stream. Streams will flow faster in narrow channels on steeper grades.
Do streams lose velocity when they join larger streams?
false
Stream velocity does it have anything to do with discharge of stream or stream elevation?
Stream discharge physically depends on two factors: stream cross-sectional area and velocity. Area is composed of width and depth. Q (flow) = vel x width x depth. Stream elevation change, or how steep a stream is, will affect the velocity. Higher sloping streams (like those with few meanders) will travel faster than sinuous, snaking streams that have a lower elevation drop per length of stream.
What is a stream discharge?
a streams discharge is the excess water from a storm or melted snow.
Ture or false streams lose velocity when they join larger streams?
ture
Does a streams discharge change?
All the time.
How does a streams gradient affect of velocity?
The steeper the gradient, the higher the velocity of flow.
