RIVERS

Runoff

Headlands

Drainage Basin

Drainage Divides

Stream Gradient

Discharge

Hydrograph

Base Level

Dissolved Load

Suspended Load

Bed Load

Capacity

Competence

Alluvium

Mouth of a River

Headward Erosion

Stream Piracy

Floodplain

Oxbow Lake

Ultimate Base Level

Local Base Level

Deltas

Dendritic Drainage

Radial Drainage

Rectangular Drainage

Stage

Gauging Station

Lag Time

Upstream Flood

Flash Flood

Downstream Flood

➢ Hydrologic cycle and what happens to precipitation:

➢ Drainage basins and divides:

➢ Parts of a river and their functions and importance:

➢ Gradient and discharge:

➢ Hydrographs and what they show:

➢ Types of base levels:

➢ Longitudinal profiles and why we use them:

➢ Controls of erosion and deposition by streams:

➢ Headward erosion and piracy:

➢ Water flow and velocity in streams:

➢ Types of deltas:

➢ Types of drainage patterns:

➢ Floods and their causes:

➢ Recurrence interval vs probability:

➢ Flood control and flood maps: