Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
12 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.
Watershed
Source
Confluence
Tributary
- 2. Multiple Choice
What are tributaries?
bends in the river
wide areas of water near the mouth
where the river reaches the sea
small streams or rivers that run into the main channel
- 3. Multiple Choice
The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?
Upper
Middle
Lower
- 4. Multiple Choice
What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?
erosion, attrition and abrasion
erosion, transportation and deposition
erosion, transportation and solution
erosion, attrition and corrosion
- 5. Multiple Choice
Where does deposition mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
- 6. Multiple Choice
Where does erosion mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
- 7. Multiple Choice
Where does transportation mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
- 8. Multiple Choice
Name this river feature
Ox-bow lake
Meander
Delta
Waterfall and Gorge
- 9. Multiple Choice
Name this river feature
Delta
Waterfall and Gorge
Ox-bow Lake
Meander
- 10. Multiple Choice
Name this river feature
Waterfall and Gorge
Meander
Ox-Bow Lake
Delta
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which river process is mostly responsible for the formation of deltas and floodplains?
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which river process is mostly responsible for the formation of a meanders and waterfalls?
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags