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Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface and is the dominant agent governing environmental processes .

Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface and is the dominant agent governing environmental processes . . The rates of human usage of water outpace the natural rates of renewal. Transpiration above the Amazon rainforest. Plant stomata.

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Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface and is the dominant agent governing environmental processes .

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  1. Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface and is the dominant agent governing environmental processes. The rates of human usage of water outpace the natural rates of renewal.

  2. Transpiration above the Amazon rainforest Plant stomata

  3. Runoff Enters Channelsthat Join Other Channels to Form a Drainage System.

  4. Streamis a flowing bodyof water following a channel. • A river is a major branch of astream system. • A Drainage System is a networkof channels. • The total area feeding water to a stream is the watershed. Drainage Systems

  5. Flow A is cross-sectional area (m2). V is flow velocity (m/s). Q is stream discharge (volume/time: m3/s). Q = AV Discharge Is the Amount of Water Passing a Given Point in a Measured Period of Time.

  6. The amount of water in a river’s watershed increases downstream, with the addition of tributaries.

  7. Characteristics of Channels • Gradient • Discharge • Sediment load • Base level

  8. Running Water Erodes Sediment. Maximum Flow Velocity • Suspended Load • Bed Load • Dissolved Load Ca, Cl, Na, Mg, K

  9. MeanderingChannel

  10. Cut-off meander bends form Oxbow Lakes.

  11. Braided Channel

  12. Flooding Is a Natural Process in Healthy Streams

  13. Floodplain Features

  14. Fluvial Landscape Evolution

  15. Stream Piracy Base Level Dams

  16. Fluvial Sediment Builds Alluvial Fans and Deltas.

  17. Delta Terminology

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