do inermittent streams only flow during the rainy season
2006-08-21 09:01:21 · 13 answers · asked by amy s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Not necessarily just during the rainy season.
Intermittent streams flow when there is enough water to drain out through them. It could be from a single rainstorm, snow melt, or any condition that introduces water into the stream's drainage basin. It could even be a spring discharge that stops when the water table drops below the surface of the spring.
Its just a stream that doesn't have water in it all the time.
What does you book say?
2006-08-21 12:41:51 · answer #1 · answered by Tom-PG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily....some intermittent streams are such because they are associated with snow melt, changes in level of a spring outflow, etc. So a stream may flow for some time after the rainy season.
2006-08-21 20:35:34 · answer #2 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where there is a consistent water source or spring then water will flow through the year. Where stream start high on an aquifer or lakeside they will dry up as the water level falls. These are called bournes.
2006-08-22 12:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. They could flow intermittently as the result of snow pack melt, underground water, etc.
2006-08-21 16:09:49 · answer #4 · answered by kearneyconsulting 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you look up the term intermittent you would see that it is not a steady flow.
2006-08-21 16:07:02 · answer #5 · answered by wildbill05733 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose they are defined by not always having water in them.
2006-08-21 16:07:25 · answer #6 · answered by Pseudo Obscure 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are known in the south as wet weather springs......
2006-08-21 16:10:32 · answer #7 · answered by Captgoody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-21 16:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by da1U<32haT3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes and no - intermittent just means 'not continuous' - in all likelihood, rains would help.
2006-08-21 16:08:45 · answer #9 · answered by ever_curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure
2006-08-21 16:07:20 · answer #10 · answered by spitfiressmarine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋