Vocabulary for Braided Streams

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Vocabulary for Braided Streams Sediment
Transport
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Stream

• A general term for rivers and creeks

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Erosion

• Removal of earth material from an area

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Deposition

• Placing earth material back into an area

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Gradient

• Steepness of the slope of the stream

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Channel

• The area of the stream where water normally flows

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Valley

• The low area where the channel sits

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Floodplain

• The area between the channel and the valley walls

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Braided Stream

• A stream with many channels flowing through
  gravel and sand bars.

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Sediment

• Pieces of rock

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Banks

• The sides of the stream channel

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Load

• The eroded rock and soil materials that are
  transported down a stream

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Suspended load

• Rock material in suspension turbulent stream
  water stirs them up keeping them from sinking.

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Bed load

• Sand, pebbles and boulders that are too heavy to
  be carried in suspension in a stream