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Overbank Flow: The process of a channel's flow exceeding bankfull conditions.

This video shows one of my former field sites: Chiques Creek in Lancaster County, PA. I set up a game camera to capture visual evidence of flow behavior during a storm event. As shown in the video, the banks in this reach are vulnerable to significant erosion during high-flow events. This is an example of overbank flow because the water level rises and exceeds the bank height, spilling out onto the floodplain.

Base flow: the portion of the streamflow that is sustained between precipitation events.

This video shows the Logan River near Spring Hollow Campground in late January. The water is low and very clear. The weather has been cold and the recent snowfall hasn't been melting.

I believe that this video shows base flow because most water on the landscape is currently frozen and would not be contributing to the flow. The low, clear condition of the channel also serve as indicators of base flow.

Snow accumulation: a process in which snow crystals that fall during a precipitation event remain in crystalline form after they are deposited, accumulating over time (maybe on and around a can of PBR)

This series of photos shows snow crystals accumulating on and around a can of PBR during a snow storm in Logan. As time passes, snow crystals collect on top of one another, gradually creating a visual snow deposit. This deposit is evidenced by the PBR can reference point.

At 10:54 AM, there are only a few crystals. By 12:15 PM, the snow depth has reached the bottom of the blue ribbon. By 1:49 PM, the depth has again increased.

Snow: precipitation that falls in the form of ice crystals.

This video, taken from my car, is of snow falling in Big Cottonwood Canyon on January 23rd. I think this is snow because of the outdoor temperature (>20 F), and because it's in the form of large flakes/clumps of icy crystals-- not drops/pellets (rain/hail).

Rain: liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from water vapor and become heavy enough to fall under gravity.

This video, taken from my old apartment, shows a significant rain event causing flooding on my road. I think this is rain because there is lightning (indicating a storm event) and the (many) water droplets can be seen hitting the moving water.

Throughflow: the horizontal movement of water through the soil layer.

This picture is of Willow Creek during snowmelt. I believe the dark soil layer is throughflow resulting from uphill saturated ground conditions as snowmelt took place.

Condensation: the conversion of a vapor to a liquid.

This video is of the inside of my Instant Pot after cooking rice. Heat converted the liquid water to vapor and eventually the air became so saturated with water vapor molecules that they converted back to liquid water and collected on the inside of the lid.