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What is the equation for calculating gradient earth science?
Gradient= change in field value divided by the distance
What is gradient in mathematics?
It is the rate of change of a variable.
The ratio of a lines vertical change to horizontal change is called?
gradient
Change in elevation divided by distance?
It's the Gradient.
What is the rate of change for linear equations?
It is the gradient: the change in the vertical direction divided by the change in the horizontal direction.
How do gradient and discharge change between a stream's headwater and it's mouth?
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How do gradient and discharge change between a streams headwaters and it's mouth?
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In a typical stream where the gradient in steep the discharge is?
In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge is small.
In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge .?
In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge is small.
In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge is?
In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge is small.
How do the gradient and discharge of a stream change from its headwaters to its mouth?
The discharge for a single stream should not change much from the headwater to the mouth. The exceptions to the mouth would be if another stream joined the main stream, which would increase the discharge or if you loose a significant amount of water to infilitration, which would decrease the discharge. The gradient should be high at the headwaters and gradually decrease downstream where it should be low at the mouth. Of course differences in lithologies or secondary streams can change the gradient for a short distance, thought the overall profile should fit the expected model.
How do gradient and discharge change between a stream's headwaters and its mouth?
At the headwaters (in the mountains) the gradient is steep, then as the stream moves into the foothills and onto the plains on its way to the sea where it has its mouth, the gradient gets less and less steep.
In a typical stream where the gradient is steep the discharge is what?
A steep gradient will force the water to flow downhill faster.
What is the temperature gradient formula?
Gradient= Change in field value/Distance
What is a measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance?
This is mathematically known as slope or "rise/run".
What is the equation for calculating gradient earth science?
Gradient= change in field value divided by the distance
What does the slop of a gradient represent?
The rate of change
