OTHER TOPICS -----> Intro/Maps Atmosphere Climate / Hydrosphere
Biosphere / Soils Tectonics Specific Environments

SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS -----> Fluvial Karst Oceanic Landforms Glaciers Arid Lands

Fluvial Processes


I.   BASIC CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY

A.   Foundational Terminology

  1. perennial vs. intermittent vs. ephemeral
  2. alluvium, alluvial soils
  3. thalweg ➡ political borders?
B.   Stream Systems
  1. drainage basin/watershed ... photo
  2. Stream Patternssecond example

II.   EROSION AND DEPOSITION

A.   Erosion

  1. entrainment ... aerial view
  2. splash ... animation
  3. sheet
  4. rill / second example
  5. gully / another example
B.   Abrasion and Corrosion

C.   Transportation: saltation and traction / video / sorting of sediment animation

D.   Key Relationship

  1. increase volume -> velocity -> turbulence = erosion  (cut bank)
    (decrease volume -> velocity -> turbulence = deposition)
E.   River Channel Changes
  1. deepening
  2. widening
  3. lengthening

III.   LANDFORMS AND REJUVENATION

A.   Flood Plain Features   (diagram)

  1. bluff / Mississippi River bluffs
  2. natural levee / photo / yazoo stream
  3. oxbow lake / Google Maps
  4. meander scar / or here
  5. braided channel / 2 / 3
B.   Stream Rejuvenation (Cycles)
  1. uplift -- downward cutting... entrenched meanders
  2. gorge
  3. stream capture / photo / animation


SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS -----> Fluvial Karst Oceanic Landforms Glaciers Arid Lands