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debasdf

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on: Jul 29, 2018
What three factors affect stream speed?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Riding down a river in an old canoe, if the discharge of the river does not increase and the river gets very wide and deep, the speed of the river will
 
  A) decrease.
  B) increase.
  C) stay the same.
  D) become unpredictable.


CharlieArnold

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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Gradient, the steeper the gradient the faster the flow; discharge, the greater the discharge the faster the flow; and channel geometry, (a) water flows slower in large, wide channels than in small narrow channels and (b) water flows faster in round deep channels than in flat shallow channels.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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