A very heavy flow of water, which is greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel
What is Flood?
100
V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream
What is Canyon?
100
Happens when water wears away the earth
What is Erosion?
100
Person who creates maps
What is Cartographer?
100
A curve or loop in a channel
What is Meander?
200
A low area in which sediments are often deposited
What is Basin?
200
Fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth's materials at a mouth of a stream
What is Delta?
200
When sediment is took from one place and put in another place
What is Deposition?
200
Drawing of an area, usually as though you were looking straight down on it
What is Map?
200
The three separated layers found in the vial test
What is Water (Top), Clay (Middle), and Sand (Bottom)?
300
A system of rivers and streams that drains an area like the Colorado Plateau
What is Drainage Basin?
300
A large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area
What is Plateau?
300
The path that the water takes
What is Channel?
300
A network of vertical and horizontal lines that form squares
What is Grid?
300
The angle of a stream channel or land surface
What is Slope?
400
Rises and falls rapidly with little or no advance warning, usually as a result of very heavy rainfall over a relatively small area. Can be caused by sudden heavy rainfall, dam failure, or the thaw of an ice jam
What is Flash Flood?
400
A fan-shaped landform deposited at the end of a steep canyon where the land becomes flatter
What is Alluvial Fan?
400
Embankment along a stream that protects land from flooding-can be natural or constructed.
What is Levee?
400
A color, shape, or texture used to represent something else on a map; such as a building, road, or landform
What is Symbol?
400
The area around a river that is covered by water flowing over the riverbank during a flood
What is Floodplain?
500
Where the water use to meander, but found another (shorter) channel to take since the obstacle has been worn away
What is Oxbow River?
500
A low area between higher areas through which a river or stream often flows
What is Valley?
500
A construction or wall across a river that holds back the water flowing through the river, creating a reservoir or lake
What is Dam?
500
An explanation of symbols used on a map
What is Key?
500
Describes the ratio between a measured distance on a map to the actual distance in the real world