Hydrosphere - Worksheet
Directions: see if you can recall by memory some hydrological processes, without using your notes. Quiz or work with your partner on these questions.
1. How does a natural spring
work, bringing ground water to the surface? How about an Artesian well?
2. Why are the upper reaches
often characterized as "V" shaped?
3. What does a river do
in the lower reaches and why? Please write as much information as you know.
4. How are cutbanks and
sand bars (point bars) created?
5. How was the Sacramento
/ San Joaquin Delta formed as well as sloughs and side-channels?