3 Stages of Stream Valley
Development
Youth
Mature
Straight Path
V – shaped valley
STEEP Slope
Fast Velocity - swift
Rapids/waterfalls
LOTS of Erosion
Begins to Meander or Curve
U – shaped valley develops a
flood plain
Gentle LESS STEEP Slope
SLOWER Velocity- slows down
LESS erosion
Old Age
Extreme Meander and Very
Curvy
Extremely Wide
flood plain
Almost FLAT land – no Slope
VERY SLOW Velocity
OXBOW lakes
Levees
Jhaugh:File: X :Graphic Organizers Earth Science 2010/Erosion- 7– Stages of a Stream – Youth – Mature – Old Age/ J. Hoffman Notes/ J. Haugh Visual Organizer/ Google Images