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18.1
How does velocity determine whether a given flow is laminar or turbulent?
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18.2
How does the size of a sediment grain affect the speed with which it settles to the bottom of a flow?
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18.3
What kind of bedding characterizes a ripple or a dune?
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18.4
How do braided and meandering stream channels differ?
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18.5
Why is a floodplain so named?
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18.6
What is a natural levee, and how is it formed?
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18.7
What is the discharge of a stream, and how does it vary with velocity?
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18.8
How is a stream’s longitudinal profile defined?
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18.9
What is the most common kind of drainage network developed over horizontally bedded sedimentary rocks?
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18.10
What is a distributary channel?