Rivers, Lakes, & Reservoirs

Origins and Forms

Concepts of Reach and Order

p.18

River Systems of the World

Discharge of Major Rivers (National Geographic Society)

• Pay attention to Table 3-3, p19.

The Amazon River Drainage

The Mississippi River Drainage

Susquehanna River

Trellis Drainage

p. 19

Volga-Caspian Sea

Radial Drainage

p.19

North Platte Braided Stream

See Fig 3-7, p22

Evidence of flowing water

Oxbow on the lower Mississippi

pp. 23-33

Lake Baikal

pp. 23-33

pp. 23-33

Crater Lake

pp. 23-33

Lake Missoula(National Park Service map)

pp. 23-33

Dry Falls lake

pp. 23-33

Gros Ventre Slide (Wyoming)

pp. 23-33

Trinity Lake -Alps

pp. 23-33

Development of the Great Lakes

pp. 23-33

Great Lakes today

pp. 23-33

Finger Lakes

pp. 23-33

Kettle Lakes

pp. 23-33

Deflation Basin

pp. 23-33

Reservoirs or Impoundments

pp. 37-39

Roles of Impoundments• Power Generation• Water Supply• Stabilize Water Flow/ Irrigation• Flood Control• Land Reclamation• Water Diversion• Navigation• Commercial Fisheries• Recreation

pp. 23-33

Earthen Dams

Types of Dams

Grand Coulee Dam

Hoover Dam & Lake Meade

3 Gorges Dam

Hydroelectric Dam

Low Head Dams

Inflatable Rubber Dam

Farm Ponds

St. Francis Dam Failure March 13, 1928

• Be able to compare expected characteristics of streams, reservoirs & lakes (consult Tables 3-4 & 3-5, pp. 39-40)

Beaver Ponds

Summary of chapter 4