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STREAMS

STREAMS. STREAMS. hydrology or geo-hydrology is the study of streams or groundwater Basic nature of steams Definition, origin and course of stream definition and explanation a flowing body of water mostly contained in a channel at Earth’s surface

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  1. STREAMS

  2. STREAMS • hydrology or geo-hydrology is the study of streams or groundwater • Basic nature of steams • Definition, origin and course of stream • definition and explanation • a flowing body of water mostly contained in a channel at Earth’s surface • running water is a powerful agent of erosion and principal sculpture of Earth’s landscape. • perennial streams flow year round and intermittent (ephemeral) streams do not.

  3. STREAMS • origin • prime source of stream water is from runoff from the hydrologic cycle fate of precipitation = runoff (into streams, ponds and lakes) + infiltration (into subsurface—groundwater) + evaporation + transpiration ( used by plants)

  4. STREAMS • stream course and retention of water in channel • path of stream can depend on: • slope of land • geologic structures as folds, fractures and faults • rock hardness • retention of water in channel depends largely on the presence and degree of channel coating by clay, silt or other impermeable substances

  5. STREAMS • Stream system • tributaries • smaller streams which collect and supply materials and water to the main stream • main stream or main trunk • the main stream which receives materials and water from the tributaries and is the prime transporter of materials in the stream system

  6. STREAMS • Stream profile and related terms • stream profile • head • mouth • examples of mouth are juncture of stream with: another stream; a pond or lake; the ocean • decreasing gradient of channel downstream • slope of stream channel is greatest at head and smallest at mouth

  7. STREAMS Stream profile many tributaries trunk Stream water flows faster if the gradient is higher and erodes mostly downward, while slower with lesser gradient, and water can start eroding sideways resulting in channel meander Land uplift results in faster flow and higher downward erosion

  8. STREAMS • base level • lowest level to which a stream can erode its channel • local or temporary base levels include lakes, resistant rock formation(s) and streams which act as base level for their tributaries-- ultimate base level is sea level • head-ward erosion and stream piracy • head ward erosion is the extension of a channel head ward up the slope of erosion • stream piracy is the diversion of waters of one stream by another stream and head ward erosion of pirating stream

  9. STREAMS Stream piracy and changing channel direction can cause large problems at local, state--national and international levels

  10. STREAMS capture or piracy of water from stream A by stream B can cause a problem.

  11. STREAMS • Stream water velocity • governs both erosion and deposition rates--magnitude of erosion is proportionate to stream velocity and that for deposition is inversely proportionate to velocity • some factors affecting stream velocity: • shape of stream channel • a deep narrow or wide shallow channel retard total water velocity • a semicircular channel allows faster moving water based on area of friction

  12. Channel shape and stream velocity

  13. STREAMS • roughness of channel • rough channel with boulders and large rocks causes a decrease of water velocity • stream gradient • is a measure of the slope of the channel expressed as the number of feet dropped per mile as measured between 2 points along the path of the stream

  14. STREAMS • change in channel area along the stream • if channel area increases downstream, water velocity decreases • alluvial fans or deltas form when depositional rates of materials increase as velocity of water decreases--these features will be discussed in detail later • Stream loads • materials carried by stream waters • stream competency refers to the maximum size particle(see Wentworth’s scale) a stream can transport

  15. STREAMS • suspended load • suspended particles in stream waters • usually includes clay and silt sizes • most streams carry largest part of their load in suspension • bed load • particles which bounce or skip (saltation) while being transported by the stream • for most streams sand size particles • dissolved or solution load • stream velocity has no influence on this--precipitation occurs based on water chem.

  16. STREAMS • Stream and drainage patterns, drainage basins and divides • Stream patterns • are in reference to shape of individual stream channel • straight channel • often present near headwaters where erosion is downward into the channel • meander channel • snakelike in shape and present downstream from the head--these are significant near the mouth

  17. STREAMS • braided channel • stream channel which intertwines • caused if slope or discharge of stream decreases

  18. STREAMS braided channel straight channel meandering channel

  19. STREAMS Photos of meandering and braided channels meandering channel braided channels

  20. STREAMS • Drainage patterns • are in reference to a stream and its tributaries • dendritic or arborescent • resembles veins of a tree leaf and is the most abundant type of drainage pattern

  21. STREAMS • radial • streams diverge from a central area like spokes from the hub of a wheel • develops on volcanic cones or domal uplifts

  22. STREAMS • rectangular • comprised of many right angle bends • develops in bedrock crisscrossed by a series of joints and/or faults which represent precut channels in which water can flow

  23. STREAMS • trellis • a rectangular type of pattern in which tributary streams are nearly parallel to each other and look like a garden trellis • forms on folded rocks resulting in alternating parallel bands of resistant and less resistant rock like in the Appalachian Mountains

  24. STREAMS • Drainage basin and divide • a drainage basin is the total land area that contributes water and material to a stream • a divide is an elevated area which separates drainage basins and range in size from a ridge separating small gullies to continental divides which split continents into large drainage basins

  25. STREAMS Drainage basins and divides

  26. STREAMS Mississippi River Basin and Divides

  27. STREAMS • Stream features and channelization • Meander and oxbow • stream velocity is greatest on outside of meander causing a cut bank and slowest on inside resulting in point bars—meandering starts to form when a slight difference in roughness on channel bottom occurs • the water molecules in a stream moving around a bend align like a line of ice skaters in which the outside skaters are moving much faster then those in the inside

  28. STREAMS Cut-bank, point bar and water velocities

  29. STREAMS • as the outside portion of the meander continues to erode the neck of land between, the outer portions become narrowed to the extent which isolates or “cuts off “ the loop called an oxbow • typically this horseshoe shaped feature is a lake initially but with time will become a oxbow scar as the lake fills with sediment • typically oxbow scars are located a longer distance from the river than oxbow lakes

  30. STREAMS Formation of an oxbow

  31. STREAMS Development of meander Meanders can show a curved pattern of development forming an oxbow

  32. Oxbow Lakes

  33. STREAMS Meander scars An older stage of stream meander development

  34. STREAMS • --an Entrenched (Encised) meander is a deepened meander channel caused by subsequent rejuvenation (uplift) of the channel--

  35. STREAMS Entrenched (Encised) Meander in Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

  36. STREAMS • Alluvial fan and delta • as the water leaves it's channel and spreads, the water moves slower and material is deposited • this is apparent at the base of mountains as water enters valleys and at the mouth of large streams as they enter the oceans • the results of this deposition forms alluvial fans and deltas

  37. Alluvial fan at the base of a mountain

  38. STREAMS Deltas formed at mouth of streams discharging materials entering the ocean

  39. STREAMS • Floodplain and natural levee • a floodplain is a relatively flat region flanking large streams and formed by deposition of finer sediments during periodic flooding • a natural levee is a ridge or platform built on the floodplain adjacent to and trending along the course of the stream and represents the highest area or point on a floodplain • levees are caused during flooding and can inhibit subsequent flooding

  40. STREAMS formation of a levee during flooding water velocity is slower and material accumulates in long mounds as flooding recedes, mounds are exposed.

  41. STREAMS Floodplain and natural levees

  42. STREAMS Floodplain

  43. STREAMS Natural levee with stream water breakthrough

  44. STREAMS • Channelization • structural alteration made to the channel of a stream in order to speed flow of water and thus prevent flooding • usually involves cutting off a meander to straighten the course of a stream • the resultant shorter straight channel is made to have a steeper gradient and the increased steam water velocity will transport more water possibly enough to prevent flooding in an area

  45. STREAMS

  46. STREAMS Stream Channelization

  47. STREAMS Stream Channelization

  48. Stream Discharge: Measure of the Stream volume/second at It’s Mouth (7.5 gallons/cubic foot) WORLD'S TEN LARGEST RIVERS BY DISCHARGE

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