Question

in 6-8 sentences, explain how stream volume and speed affect the size, shape and flow of streams and rivers.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The higher the volume of water in a stream, the higher its speed and the wide its size and shape which ensures a proportionate flow rate.

To quantify how the speed of stream, we use the quantity, discharge in hydrology;

 Discharge is the volumetric rate of water flow past a point at a particular time.

  Discharge = $\frac{volume of water}{time}$

• We see that discharge is directly proportional to the volume of water in a stream.
• It is inversely proportional to the time taken.
• We know that volume is the amount of space occupied by a body. It is function of its size and shape.
• A big water body that is deeper, wider and longer will have more wate and a greater discharge.

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