Water as a FORCE

Water as a FORCEErosion & Weathering

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WATERSHEDS

RIVERS CARVE

GLACIERS CARVE

WATER EXPANDS AS IT FREEZES

FORCES THAT AFFECT WATERSHEDS

WATER as a FORCE

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Title

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Section headings

Watersheds1. What’s a

watershed?2. How are

watersheds separated from other watersheds?

3. How are streams classified?

On diagram, label:

1. Watershed:Land area from which all water drains into a common body of water

2. Divide:Border of all watersheds

3. Stream order:Classification of streams based on # of tributaries.

Rivers carve.Vocabulary:velocity:

gradient:

discharge:

channel:

meander: RIVERS CARVE

vocabulary

Water carries materials in three ways:

deposition erosion

River LOAD:

deposition erosion

What is this structure called?

What is this structure called?

What is this structure called?

Glaciers carve.Vocabulary: till:moraine:striation:cirque:continental glacier:valley glacier:

Label vocabulary on diagram

GLACIERS CARVE

Name that glacier type!A B

Continental or Valley?A B

Frost Wedging

Water expands as it freezes.

Water expands as it freezes. It gets in a crack in a rock. Then it freezes. Then it expands. What happens to the crack?

Make a 4-panel step-by-step drawing (with explanation) of the frost wedging process.

WATER EXPANDS AS IT FREEZES

What factors affect a watershed?

1. Climate

2. Physical Features

(topography)

3. Soils and geology

4. Vegetative coverFORCES THAT AFFECT

WATERSHEDS

ClimateHot

Cold

Physical FeaturesMountain Flat

Soils & GeologyPlush soil

Rocky

Vegetative Cover Lots of plants Few

plants