GEOL 103 Ashford University Rivers and Deltas Lab

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Geol 103

Lab 23 Rivers and Deltas

For this lab download and open the kmz file from Blackboard in Google Earth. Here,
you will be traveling around the world examining different river and delta features.
Each location is named in the Lab 23 Streams kmz file and has a corresponding
location in Google Earth and a spot in this document.
PLEASE HIGHLIGHT YOUR ANSWERS OR USE A DIFFERENT COLOR TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS-THANK YOU!

Part 1: Drainage Patterns
For these locations make sure to zoom in and out so you can more easily see streams
and places where flowing water has eroded the land to create the drainage pattern.
Location: Mount Saint Helens, USA
1. What type of drainage pattern is represented?
Ans: Radial
2. How do you know? (Describe the pattern)
Ans: The streams radiate from a central high point
Location: Northern Pennsylvania
3. What type of drainage pattern is represented?
Ans: Dendritic
4. How do you know?
Ans: Streams flowing to all directions from a common source
Location: Loktak Lake, India
5. What type of drainage pattern is represented?
Ans: Trellis
6. How do you know?
Ans: The drainage has many tributaries that emanate from a main stream
Location: Southern California
7. What type of drainage pattern is represented?
Ans: Dendritic
8. How do you know?
Ans: Streams flow equally to all directions
Location: Central Pennsylvania
9. What type of drainage pattern is represented?
Ans: Rectangular
10. How do you know?
Ans: The smaller tributaries from right angle connections to the main stream
Location: Angola
11. What type of drainage pattern is represented?
Ans: Trellis

Geol 103

Lab 23 Rivers and Deltas

12. How do you know?
Ans: Streams flow equally in all directions
Location: Quebec, Canada
13. What type of drainage pattern is represented?
Ans: Parallel
14. How do you know?
Ans: The flow of the streams is alongside each other
Location: Richat Structure (Eye of the Sahara), Mauritania
15. What type of drainage pattern is represented? (definitely zoom in)
Ans: Dendritic
16. How do you know?
Ans: Streams flow in all directions from the main stream

Part 2: Channel Types
For these locations make sure to zoom in and out so you can more easily see the
stream and river channels.
Location: Channel 1
17. What type of channel is this?
Ans: A river
18. How do you know?
Ans: The structure has one main stem that distributes to other smaller ones
towards the end.
Location: Channel 2
19. Wha...


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