Banks often have a gradient steeper than 45 degrees and exhibit a distinct break in slope from the stream bed. A term used to designate the area drained by a river and its tributaries. Runoff That part of precipitation, snow melt, or irrigation water that runs off the land into streams or other surface water. The specified twelve month period when the allocation is available. Sediment Sand, clay, silt, pebbles and organic material carried and deposited by water or wind.
Sedimentation is the process by which sediment is deposited e.g. in waterways.
Sensor A device which responds to physical or chemical stimulus, thus triggering off the transmission of a signal Staff Gauge A fixed vertical graduated scale on which the level of a liquid surface relative to a datum may be read. In hydrology, it is generally applied to the water flowing in a natural channel as distinct from a canal. All of the operations necessary for measuring discharge Stream flow the water discharge that occurs in a natural channel. A more general term than runoff, streamflow may be applied to discharge whether or not it is affected by diversion or regulation. Surface water Water flowing or held in streams, rivers and other wetlands in the landscape.