Lab Exercise Thirteen


Fluvial Geomorphology

FOR THIS EXERCISE, YOU SHOULD PRINT THE QUESTION SHEET, THE ANSWER SHEET, AND FIGURES ONE AND TWO. (THERE WILL BE EXTRA COPIES OF THESE FIGURES IN THE LAB IN CASE YOU HAVE TROUBLE PRINTING THEM). YOU WILL ALSO NEED YOUR TEXTBOOK.
 

Questions: 21 points

1. Using Chapter 16 in your textbook and  Figure One  , draw and label and describe the kinds of landscapes where you might find dendritic, trellis, radial, and annular drainage patterns. (8)

2. What is a meander scar? (1)

3. What is an oxbow lake? (1)

4. Figure Two shows a mature stream. Label the following features on the figure. (See Figures 15.20 and 15.11 in your textbook).
a meander scar, the floodplain, point bar deposits, a cutbank, the place where the next oxbow is likely   to be cut off from the stream, the most recently formed oxbow lake, an older oxbow lake, a meander neck, and a backswamp  (9)

5. a. What purpose does a stream serve in shaping a landscape? (1)
    b. What purposes do human structures such as dikes and levees serve? (1)

Answer Sheet

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