Nov. 14, 2011 -- Mini strokes, with symptoms that last just a few minutes or hours, are well-recognized warning signs for potentially deadly larger strokes. Now new research confirms that they are associated with a lower life expectancy.
A cross section is the shape we get when cutting straight through an object. The cross section of this object is a triangle. It is like a view into the inside of something made by cutting through it.
-Discharge: is the volume of water moving through a cross section of a river per unit time. Cross section is the sideways view of the river that you would have if you took a huge knife and sliced across the valley from top to bottom at right angles to each riverbank. (figure 6.10; P.169).