Study Guide - Groundwater and Streams

 

You should be familiar with the following:

 

Processes

Weathering

Erosion

Transportation of sediments

 

Streams and Rivers

Discharge

Gradient

Q=AV

Base Level

Permanent base level

Temporary base level

Solid load

Bed load

Suspended load

Dissolved load

Effluent stream

Influent stream

Meander

Cut bank

Point bar

Oxbow lake

Stages of stream development

Youthful stream

Mature stream

Old Age stream

Water Pollution

 

Groundwater

Aquiclude

Aquifer

Floodplain aquifer

Bedrock aquifer

Confined aquifer

Unconfined aquifer

Perched aquifer

Water table

Porosity

Permeability

Artesian Well

Recharge

Groundwater pollution