Spring horizon
A spring horizon is an impervious layer of rock reaching the surface, along which springs emerge. Since aquifers and impervious strata often lie on top of one another in horizontal layers, adjacent contact springs often emerge at the same height along a line called the spring horizon.[1]
References
- ^ Leser, Hartmut et al. Wörterbuch Allgemeine Geographie, dtv, 14th ed., Mar 2010. ISBN 978-3-423-03422-7.
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Rivers, streams and springs
(lists)
- Alluvial river
- Braided river
- Blackwater river
- Channel
- Channel pattern
- Channel types
- Confluence
- Distributary
- Drainage basin
- Subterranean river
- River bifurcation
- River ecosystem
- River source
- Tributary
- Arroyo
- Bourne
- Burn
- Chalk stream
- Coulee
- Current
- Stream bed
- Stream channel
- Streamflow
- Stream gradient
- Stream pool
- Perennial stream
- Winterbourne
(list)
and erosion
- Ait
- Alluvial fan
- Antecedent drainage stream
- Avulsion
- Bank
- Bar
- Bayou
- Billabong
- Canyon
- Chine
- Cut bank
- Estuary
- Floating island
- Fluvial terrace
- Gill
- Gulch
- Gully
- Glen
- Meander scar
- Mouth bar
- Oxbow lake
- Riffle-pool sequence
- Point bar
- Ravine
- Rill
- River island
- Rock-cut basin
- Sedimentary basin
- Sedimentary structures
- Strath
- Thalweg
- River valley
- Wadi
and modelling
- Baer's law
- Baseflow
- Bradshaw model
- Discharge (hydrology)
- Drainage density
- Exner equation
- Groundwater model
- Hack's law
- Hjulström curve
- Hydrograph
- Hydrological model
- Hydrological transport model
- Infiltration (hydrology)
- Main stem
- Playfair's law
- Relief ratio
- River Continuum Concept
- Rouse number
- Runoff curve number
- Runoff model (reservoir)
- Stream gauge
- Universal Soil Loss Equation
- WAFLEX
- Wetted perimeter
- Volumetric flow rate
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