T ell me everything you know about the Tuckasegee river SI 4 due FRIDAY River Systems River systems are divided into regions called watershedsriver basins River systems appear dendritic meaning tree like ID: 768864
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Tell me everything you know about the Tuckasegee river SI #4 due FRIDAY
River Systems River systems are divided into regions called watersheds/river basins. River systems appear dendritic meaning “tree like”
River Systems A stream that flows into a larger stream is called a tributary
River Systems A watershed is an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas A watershed is smaller than a river basin
Topography – determines where water in the watersheds will drain
River Systems A river basin sends all of the water falling within it to a central river and out to an estuary or to the ocean.
There are 17 river basins in NC
There are 17 river basins in NC
River Basin Grading Each question is worth 2 points eachMap colored “A” quality 50 points- 10 for everyday that it is late
Rivers A river forms through Erosion (break down of materials through wind, air, or water)
Deposits After rivers erode rock and soil, they deposit their load downstream
Rivers deposit sediment where the speed of the water decreases
Deltas When a river meets a large body of water its current slows Its load is deposited fan-shaped pattern called a delta