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ss2343

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What is the difference between capacity and competence?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Are bedrock channels more likely to be found near the head or the mouth of a stream?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Capacity is the maximum load of solid particles that a stream can carry, which is dictated by its discharge. Competence is the measure of maximum particle size that a stream can carry, which is dictated by its velocity.

Answer to Question 2

Near the headwaters is where bedrock channels are more likely foundwhere the dominant process is erosion rather than deposition.


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