stream basin

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• Stream terrace — Stream terraces are relict features, such as floodplains, from periods when a stream was flowing at a higher elevation and has downcut to a lower elevation. Stream terraces often appear as plateaus on existing valley walls and indicate earlier… …   Wikipedia

• Stream capture — Stream capture, river capture, or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down the bed of a neighbouring stream. This can happen… …   Wikipedia

• Stream — For other uses, see Stream (disambiguation). Rivulet redirects here. For the moth, see Rivulet (moth). Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria, Australia. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on i …   Wikipedia

• Basin, Montana — Infobox Settlement official name = Basin settlement type = CDP nickname = motto = imagesize = 250px image caption = Basin Street image image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Basin, Montana mapsize1 = 250px map caption1 = subdivision type …   Wikipedia

• stream order —    An integer system applied to tributaries (stream segments) that documents their relative position within a drainage basin network as determined by the pattern of its confluences. The order of the drainage basin is determined by the highest… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• stream order —   classification of streams within a drainage basin so that it can be compared with another. Different methods have been proposed with Strahler being most common. From a source to a confluence, a stream is considered 1st order. When two 1st order …   Geography glossary

• stream capture — the process by which the range of a species is extended through the switch of the flow of a stream or a part of a stream from one drainage basin to another …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• basin-floor remnant —    (colloquial: western USA) A relatively flat, erosional remnant of any former landform of a basin floor that has been dissected following the incision of an axial stream.    FFP …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• basin — When speaking of a large river, ordinarily means or includes the entire area drained by the main stream and its tributaries. City of Tulsa v. Peacock, 181 Okl. 383, 74 P.2d 359, 360. In admiralty law and marine insurance, a part of the sea… …   Black's law dictionary

• basin — When speaking of a large river, ordinarily means or includes the entire area drained by the main stream and its tributaries. City of Tulsa v. Peacock, 181 Okl. 383, 74 P.2d 359, 360. In admiralty law and marine insurance, a part of the sea… …   Black's law dictionary

• Northern Basin and Range (ecoregion) — The Northern Basin and Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and California. It contains dissected lava plains, rolling… …   Wikipedia