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What is the process by which water changes into water vapor?
Evaporation
From where does 86% of the water evaporated into the atmosphere come from?
Oceans
What is the combination of evaporation and transpiration known as?
Evapotranspiration
What happens when precipitation is greater than evapotranspiration and runoff according to the text?
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What are the land areas from which water runs off into a stream called?
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Which type of stream load consists of fine sand and silt carried by the water?
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What are the characteristics of a youthful river system?
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What is an oxbow lake?
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What is the term for the volume of water moved by a stream within a given time at a given place?
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What are direct methods of flood control?
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