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Why does a stream bottom erode more deeply when its water level rises in a flood?
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The stream bottom erodes more deeply when its water level rises in a flood; therefore, the more volume and sediments water carries along, the more bottom of a stream is being eroded away thus it deeper.
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How deep can a stream erode?
· The stream will erode down through its bed to achieve the base level of erosion throughout its course. If this base level is low, then the stream will rapidly cut through underlying strata and have a steep gradient, and if the base level is relatively high, then the stream will form a flood plain and meander. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream
Why does the greatest erosion and transportation of sediment by a stream occur during a flood?
As flood waters rise, the slope of the stream as it flows to it's base level increases
Where is a flood located?
the flood is located where there is a lot of rain, aka that's why it's called a flood. A flood is where there is alot of water on the ground or in your house or where ever there's alot of water, but a pool, ocean, lake, river, and a stream that is not flooded unless it floods the area around it.
List and briefly describe three basic flood control strategies What are some drawbacks of each?
1. artificial levees- mounds built on the banks of rivers 2. Flood- Control Dams- store flood water and let it out slowly 3. Channelization-altering a stream channel to speed the flow of water
What kind of landforms are in Tropical Forests?
The tropical rainforests are beautiful and have many landforms. A few landforms found are mountains, wetland, stream, flood plains, and valleys.
How deep can a stream erode?
· The stream will erode down through its bed to achieve the base level of erosion throughout its course. If this base level is low, then the stream will rapidly cut through underlying strata and have a steep gradient, and if the base level is relatively high, then the stream will form a flood plain and meander. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream
The land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood?
The flood plain
Why does the greatest erosion and transportation of sediment by a stream occur during a flood?
As flood waters rise, the slope of the stream as it flows to it's base level increases
What happens after stream discharge increases?
After a stream's discharge increases, it overflows its banks and a flood occurs.
How is it risky to live close to river?
it could flood or the river could erode the land around it over time.
Where does it flood mostly?
Kansas is a state that mostly has flood, also if you live near a ocean or stream, crick. Love, Tori
What are the causes of a river flood?
Very fast river stream with huge rains
What is the antonym of trickle?
Some choices: flow, stream, deluge, flood, gush
What is land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood?
A 'floodplain'.
Why doesn't Norway flood?
It does -once in a while.
5 features formed by rivers and streams as they erode the land?
alluvial fans, deltas, groundwater erosion, deposition, soil on flood plains
What type of flood is surrounding land that can become flooded when a stream overflows its banks?
a load
