Describe some of the ways a stream changes between its source and its mouth
The gradient of an idealized stream decreases from its source to its mouth. In its headwaters, the stream erodes steep-sided valleys and may flow over bedrock. In its middle course, the stream builds a floodplain by eroding laterally rather than downward. As it reaches the lower course, the floodplain grows even wider, and features like oxbow lakes may be common. Finally, where the river meets standing water, it builds a delta as the stream loses its remaining energy and the fine-grained sediment that enabled it to carry.
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A) a healthy agricultural sector which can supply exotic foods to management inexpensively B) black markets for a wide variety of consumer goods C) government bribes to management D) a very large and youthful domestic consumer market
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A. quartz. B. halite. C. gypsum. D. phosphates.
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A. 12 years B. 2 years C. 22 years D. 50 years