Evaporation=
Water turning into gas
Evapotranspiration=
Water coming out of vegetation pores and evaporating into the sky
Groundwater
flow= The slowest transfer of water within the drainage basin
Infiltration=
The passage of water into the soil
Interception=
The process by which raindrops are prevented from directly reaching
the soil surface
Percolation=
The downward movement of water within the soil surface
Waterfall=
Formed when soft rock is eroded more easily than hard rock
Ox-bow lake=
A horseshoe-shaped lake separated from an adjacent river
Potholes=
Cylindrical holes drilled into the rocky bed of a river by turbulent
high-velocity water
Traction= The
rolling of the largest material on the river bed
Load= Any
material carried by a river
Meanders= Bends
in the river
Delta= Found
at the mouth of the river formed by deposition
Floodplain=
Created as a result of both erosion and deposition
Levees= Small
raised banks found along the sides of the channel
Saltation=
Small stones bounce or leapfrog along the channel bed
Abrasion= The
scraping and rubbing action of materials carried along in the load
Hydraulic Action=
the sheer power of moving water
Corrosion=
Most active on rocks that contain carbonates
Attrition= The
reduction in the size of fragments and particles within a river
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