volume of water flowing in the stream
Gradient
The base level
this is the bed of a stream, river, orther water way.
A distributary is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel while a tributary is a stream or river which flows into a mainstem river.
stream channel
volume of water flowing in the stream
The path that a stream follows is a channel.
stream channel
Gravity pulls the stream channel downward.
this is called a meandering stream.
Gradient
Channel
The path that a stream follows is a channel.
Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.
The velocity can be affected by many factors such as the narrower the river the faster the river will flow. There can also be debris in the river which will also affect the velocity and is the gradient is steeper then the river will also flow faster.
The vertical drop of a stream channel over distance is known as the Gradient.