Question

Complete the concept map below to describe steams and river systems. Use the following terms in your concept map: braided stream, stream load, suspended load, dissolved load, bed load, meander, stream, gradient, tributaries, and watershed​

Answer 1

Here are the answers.

1. Runoff from the land in a stream’s watershed……….

2. And water from its tributaries.

3. At the stream’s headwaters, the gradient………..

4. The greater the water speed, the larger the stream load………..

5. Which is made up of: a) suspended load, b) dissolved load, c) bed load

6. Under these conditions a braided stream may form

7. Where gradient flattens, a meander may form