Running Water
Offered By: Sven Holbik via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Earth as a System: The Hydrologic Cycle
Mississippi River Drainage Basin
River Systems
Drainage Patterns
Influence of Channel Shape on Stream Velocity
Streamflow
Longitudinal Profile of a Stream
Channel Changes from Head to Mouth
The Work of Running Water
Suspended Load
Potholes Due to Erosion
Formation of a Delta
Growth of the Mississippi River Delta
Depositional Landforms
Formation of a Natural Levee
Alluvial Fan in Death Valley
Formation of Cut Banks and Point Bars
Formation of an Oxbow Lake
Stream Channels Alluvial Channels - Braided channels
Braided Stream
Shaping Stream Valleys • Base level - Lowest point a stream can erode to
Base Levels
V-shaped Valley of the Yellowstone River
Erosional Floodplain Development
Shaping Stream Valleys • Characteristics of wide valleys
Meander Loop on the Colorado River
Mississippi River Flood of 1993
Floods and Flood Control • Flash floods - Occur with little to no warning
Flash Floods in Vermont
Floods and Flood Control • Engineering efforts
Taught by
Sven Holbik
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