Fluvial Systems
Important Terms and Concepts

drainage basin
watershed
perennial stream
tributary stream
intermittent stream
interfluve
drainage divide
exotic stream
Davisian Cycle of Erosion
Dynamic equilibrium theory
dendritic drainage pattern
parallel drainage pattern
trellis drainage pattern
rectangular drainage pattern
radial drainage pattern
centripetal drainage pattern
deranged drainage pattern
accordant stream
discordant stream
antecedent stream
superimposed stream
cross-sectional area
wetted perimeter
flow velocity
discharge
hydrograph
rising limb (hydrograph)
recessional limb (hydrograph)

straight channel
meandering channel
braided channel
sinuosity ratio
stream (channel) slope (gradient)
stream erosion
stream transportation
traction
saltation
suspended load
bed load
solution (dissolved) load
stream deposition
floodplain
natural levee
back swamp
meander
point bar
alluvium
bar and swale topography
neck
cutoff
oxbow lake
meander scar

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Fluvial Systems Important Terms and Concepts

Fluvial Systems
Important Terms and Concepts