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a stream may be referred to as... in the immediate vicinity of a stream is called a... Stream is an umbrella term used in the scientific community for all flowing natural waters... the stream is the tidal stream... or a stream which does not reach the sea but joins another river... A stream smaller than a creek... The point at which a stream emerges from an underground course through unconsolidated... The part of a stream or river proximate to its source... Lands adjacent to the stream that are subject to... when a stream overflows its banks... The fall of water where the stream goes over a sudden drop called a nickpoint... a stream has its birth... To qualify as a stream it must be either recurring or perennial... is a stream which does not have any other stream feeding into it... Streams of lower order joining a higher order stream do not change the order of the higher stream... order stream joins a second... order stream combines with another second... order stream that it becomes a third... of a stream is a critical factor in determining its character and is entirely determined by its... of erosion is the point at which the stream either enters the ocean... the stream will erode down through its bed to achieve the base level of erosion throughout its... then the stream will rapidly cut through underlying strata and have a steep gradient... then the stream will form a flood plain and meander... Stream in North Bay... Stream in North Bay... are looping changes of direction of a stream caused by the erosion and deposition of bank materials... stream movement of a meander... a stream may erode through the neck between two legs of a meander to become temporarily straighter... a stream may meander for some distance before falling into a... stream is one that only flows for part of the year and is marked on... An intermittent stream can also be called an... an intermittent stream is termed a torrent... In full flood the stream may or may not be... stream is one which flows for most or all of the year and is marked on... an intermittent stream is usually called a creek and marked on topographic maps with a solid blue line... The extent of land basin drained by a stream is termed its...

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