Water bodies

Water bodies

Referring to any significant accumulation of water usually on planet earth but also on other planetary bodies.

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point bar

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a depositional feature of streams. Point bars are found in abundance in mature or meandering streams. They are crescent-shaped and located on the inside of a stream bend, ...

time of concentration

Water bodies; Rivers

This a concept used in hydrology to measure the response of a watershed to a rain event. It is defined as the time needed for water to flow from the most remote point in a ...

meander cutoff

Water bodies; Rivers

This occurs when a a meander bend in a river is breached by a chute channel that connects the two closest parts of the bend. This causes the flow to abandon the meander and to ...

valley

Water bodies; Rivers

This is formed by flowing water, or river valley, is usually V-shaped. The exact shape will depends on the characteristics of the stream flowing through it. Rivers with steep ...

river bifurcation

Water bodies; Rivers

This occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams (called distributaries) which continue downstream. River bifurcation may be ...

integrated catchment management

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a subset of environmental planning which approaches sustainable resource management from a catchment perspective, in contrast to a piecemeal approach that artificially ...

drainage system

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. There are different types of drainage system. Dendritic drainage system, Rectangular ...