rivers, lakes, & reservoirs origins and forms. concepts of reach and order p.18
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Rivers, Lakes, & Reservoirs
Origins and Forms
Concepts of Reach and Order
p.18
River Systems of the World
Discharge of Major Rivers (National Geographic Society)
• Pay attention to Table 3-3, p19.
The Amazon River Drainage
The Mississippi River Drainage
Susquehanna River
Trellis Drainage
p. 19
Volga-Caspian Sea
Radial Drainage
p.19
North Platte Braided Stream
See Fig 3-7, p22
Evidence of flowing water
Oxbow on the lower Mississippi
pp. 23-33
Lake Baikal
pp. 23-33
pp. 23-33
Crater Lake
pp. 23-33
Lake Missoula(National Park Service map)
pp. 23-33
Dry Falls lake
pp. 23-33
Gros Ventre Slide (Wyoming)
pp. 23-33
Trinity Lake -Alps
pp. 23-33
Development of the Great Lakes
pp. 23-33
Great Lakes today
pp. 23-33
Finger Lakes
pp. 23-33
Kettle Lakes
pp. 23-33
Deflation Basin
pp. 23-33
Reservoirs or Impoundments
pp. 37-39
Roles of Impoundments• Power Generation• Water Supply• Stabilize Water Flow/ Irrigation• Flood Control• Land Reclamation• Water Diversion• Navigation• Commercial Fisheries• Recreation
pp. 23-33
Earthen Dams
Types of Dams
Grand Coulee Dam
Hoover Dam & Lake Meade
3 Gorges Dam
Hydroelectric Dam
Low Head Dams
Inflatable Rubber Dam
Farm Ponds
St. Francis Dam Failure March 13, 1928
• Be able to compare expected characteristics of streams, reservoirs & lakes (consult Tables 3-4 & 3-5, pp. 39-40)
Beaver Ponds
Summary of chapter 4