G102/202

Student learning outcomes 

RUNNING WATER  (Chpt 12)

1.  Describe the hydrologic cycle and define:

infiltration capacity

runoff

2.  Describe the properties of running water and define:

turbulent flow                                                      gradient

infiltration capacity                                               discharge

laminar flow                                                         longitudinal profile

3.  Distinguish between the ultimate and temporary base levels of streams and determine what happens when the base level changes. 

4.  Describe the transport of sediment of streams and define:

dissolved load                                                       saltation

suspended load                                                      stream capacity

bed load                                                               stream competence

settling velocity

5.  Describe the process of deposition of sediment by streams and define:

sorting                                                                 point bars

alluvium                                                               braided stream

6.  Describe a floodplain and define the following features:

natural levee                       back swamps                     yazoo tributaries

7.  Differentiate between alluvial fans and deltas and describe the following features:

foreset bed                                                             bottom set bed

topset bed                                                             distributaries

8.  Describe the evolution of stream valleys and define the following:

meanders, meander belt, meander scar                    cut bank

waterfalls and rapids                                             oxbow lake

9.  Understand the concept of graded vs ungraded streams.  What are the features of each?

10.  Describe the process of headward erosion and know what a pirated stream is:

11.  Describe the stages of a valley=s development and define the following:

rejuvenated topography          incised (entrenched) meanders             terraces

12.  Give the features of youthful, middle, and late stages of a fluvial cycle.

13.  Describe how different drainage patterns from and what influences their formation.

14. Explain how flooding can be a positive event and discuss various method of flood control and the effect those methods have on flood planes