| A | B |
|---|
| bed load | stream's load of solid material that is made up of too large sediments |
| capacity | maximum load a stream can carry |
| alluvium | sorted material deposited by a stream |
| delta | accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean |
| natural levee | landform that parallels some streams |
| floodplain | produced by a side by side cutiing of a stream |
| flood | happens when the discharge of a stream becomes so great that it exceeds the capacity of its channel and overflows |
| drainage basin | land area that cntributes water to a stream |
| divide | imaginary line that separates the drainage basins of one stream from another |
| flood- control dam | stores flood water and then let it out slowly |
