The Fluvial Process

Fact or Fiction Quiz

1) Surface water, through sheet wash and stream action, is the most important single agent of erosion. Fact or Fiction?

2) About 95 percent of a streams energy goes into erosion. Fact or Fiction?

3) The closer a stream reaches the end of it course, the finer the material deposited from erosion. Fact or Fiction?

4) The faster currents are usually in the middle of a river. Fact or Fiction?

5) It is uncommon to find a natural straight stream channel. Fact or Fiction?