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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interbasin transfer

Water bodies; Rivers

This is the transfer of water from one river basin to another. The purpose of an interbasin transfer can be to generate hydropower, to alleviate water shortages in the receiving ...

gorge

Water bodies; Rivers

This is occasionally spelled'''cañon'''is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, ...

knickpoint

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a term in geomorphology describes a location in a river or channel where there is a sharp change in channel slope, such as a waterfall or lake, resulting from differential ...

drainage basin

Water bodies; Rivers

This is an extent or area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another ...

plunge pool

Water bodies; Rivers

It is a natural hydrologic fluvial landform feature or a constructed recreational garden feature. It is a stream pool, lake, or pond that is small in diameter, but deep. They ...

alluvial

Water bodies; Rivers

These are kind of rivers that are lowland in which the bed and banks are made up of mobile sediment and/or soil. These rivers are self-formed, meaning that their channels are ...

canyon

Water bodies; Rivers

This is occasionally spelled'''cañon'''is a deep ravine between cliffs often carved from the landscape by a river. Rivers have a natural tendency to reach a baseline elevation, ...