08-10-2005, 11:58 PM
[center][cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 4]Have included some common fresh water terms that one periodically may encounter. Feel free to add to this list.[/size][/green][/font][/center]
[size 4][green]Brackish: Water that is saltier than river water but less salty than seawater.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Confluence: A coming together at one point. The meeting or place of meeting of two or more streams.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Delta: A delta is a large, silty area at the mouth of a river at which the river splits into many different slow-flowing channels that have muddy banks. New land is created at deltas. Deltas are often triangular-shaped, hence the name (the Greek letter 'delta' is shaped like a triangle)[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Ebb: The flowing back from shore of water brought in by the tide 2: a point or state of decline [/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Eddy: A section of water that is less disturbed than the surrounding water, found for example on the edge of a current or where two streams converge. Whirlpool.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Estuary: An estuary is the area where a river meets the sea or ocean, where fresh water from the river meets salt water from the sea.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green][/green][/size][size 4][green]Freestone: Type of river or stream with a significant gradient resulting in medium to fast-moving water. Although the upper reaches of a freestone stream may be spring-fed, the vast majority of its flow comes from run-off or tributaries. The fast moving water inhibits the growth of weeds or other rooted vegetation resulting in a "Free Stone" bottom. Freestone streams are less fertile than spring creeks resulting in a smaller and less diverse aquatic insect population. Fewer bugs in faster water usually results in fewer but more opportunistic trout.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Headwaters: Upstream section of a river before the main tributaries joins it. This section is typically much smaller in width and flow than the main section of the river[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Tailwater: The water surface immediately downstream from a dam.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Thermo cline: Fairly thin zone in a lake that separates an upper warmer zone from a lower colder zone. [/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Tidewater: Water overflowing land at flood tide. Low-lying coastal land[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Tributary: A stream that contributes its water to another stream or body of water. [/green][/size] [center][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 4][/size][/green][/font][/center]
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[size 4][green]Brackish: Water that is saltier than river water but less salty than seawater.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Confluence: A coming together at one point. The meeting or place of meeting of two or more streams.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Delta: A delta is a large, silty area at the mouth of a river at which the river splits into many different slow-flowing channels that have muddy banks. New land is created at deltas. Deltas are often triangular-shaped, hence the name (the Greek letter 'delta' is shaped like a triangle)[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Ebb: The flowing back from shore of water brought in by the tide 2: a point or state of decline [/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Eddy: A section of water that is less disturbed than the surrounding water, found for example on the edge of a current or where two streams converge. Whirlpool.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Estuary: An estuary is the area where a river meets the sea or ocean, where fresh water from the river meets salt water from the sea.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green][/green][/size][size 4][green]Freestone: Type of river or stream with a significant gradient resulting in medium to fast-moving water. Although the upper reaches of a freestone stream may be spring-fed, the vast majority of its flow comes from run-off or tributaries. The fast moving water inhibits the growth of weeds or other rooted vegetation resulting in a "Free Stone" bottom. Freestone streams are less fertile than spring creeks resulting in a smaller and less diverse aquatic insect population. Fewer bugs in faster water usually results in fewer but more opportunistic trout.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Headwaters: Upstream section of a river before the main tributaries joins it. This section is typically much smaller in width and flow than the main section of the river[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Tailwater: The water surface immediately downstream from a dam.[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Thermo cline: Fairly thin zone in a lake that separates an upper warmer zone from a lower colder zone. [/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Tidewater: Water overflowing land at flood tide. Low-lying coastal land[/green][/size]
[size 4][green]Tributary: A stream that contributes its water to another stream or body of water. [/green][/size] [center][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 4][/size][/green][/font][/center]
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