Lesson 6.2 Vocabulary

Any process that breaks down rock.

Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.

The total amount of sediment a stream is able to transport.

An accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or an ocean.

An elevated landform that parallels a stream and acts to confine its water, except during floodstage.

The flat, low-lying portion of a stream valley subject to periodic flooding.

Occurs when the discharge of a stream becomes so great that it exceeds the carrying capacity of its channel and overflows its banks.

The land area that contributes water to a stream.

An imaginary line that separates the drainage of two streams; often found along a ridge.