How do gradient, discharge, channel size, and channel roughness typically change from the head to the mouth of a stream?
What will be an ideal response?
From the headwaters to mouth, there is usually an increase in discharge and channel size. Gradient decreases, as does channel roughness (due to a decrease in sediment particle size). In order to accommodate the growing discharge, channel size increases downstream as well, and so does flow velocity (despite decreasing gradient).
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Describe and explain the distribution of soil orders across the United States
What will be an ideal response?
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