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Water Cycle unending circulation of Earth's water supply Infiltration movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces Transpiration evaporation of water from plant tissues into the surrounding atmosphere Gradient the slope or steepness of a stream channel Stream Channel The portion of a stream with the greatest depth. The path along which a stream is currently flowing on a flood plain. Discharge volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given unit of time Tributary stream that empties into another stream Meander bends in a river, a curve in a stream Hydrosphere the watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water Precipitation the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) Velocity distance that water travels in a period of time Turbulence unstable flow of a liquid or gas Magnitude the property of relative size or extent Urbanization where urban centers are built around a stream channel Profile (Stream) cross-sectional view of a stream from its source to its mouth Headwaters the source of a river Mouth the point where the river empties into another body of water Ultimate Base Level Sea Level; the lowest level to which stream erosion could lower land. Temporary Base Level lakes, resistant layers of rock, and main streams that act as base level for their tributaries