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The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.
Watershed
Source
Confluence
Tributary
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
The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?
Upper
Middle
Lower
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
Where does deposition mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Where does erosion mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Where does transportation mostly occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Name this river feature
Ox-bow lake
Meander
Delta
Waterfall and Gorge
Name this river feature
Delta
Waterfall and Gorge
Ox-bow Lake
Meander
Name this river feature
Waterfall and Gorge
Meander
Ox-Bow Lake
Delta
Which river process is mostly responsible for the formation of deltas and floodplains?
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
Which river process is mostly responsible for the formation of a meanders and waterfalls?
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
What is a cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river flows over an incline?
river
delta
waterfall
ox bow lake
What is a crescent shaped lake formed when a meander is cut off from the main channel?
confluence
tributary
waterfall
oxbow lake
What do we call the point where one river joins another?
confluence
tributary
delta
erosion
Sediment deposits that form where a river flows into still water. Shaped like a triangle.
confluence
valley
delta
tributary
Point where one river enters another body of water.
confluence
source
mouth
delta
Movement of rocks or sediments from one place to another.
physical
weathering
erosion
deposition
A small stream that flows into a large stream.
confluence
tributary
valley
delta
A rounded or S-shaped bend in a stream. A stream with many meanders is said to have a meandering channel.
floodplain
meander
oxbow lake
tributary
Build up of flat land on each side of the river that has the potential to flood.
confluence
flat plain
flood plain
watershed divide
The erosion of the river bottom and riverbanks by material being carried in the river.
abrasion
attrition
hydraulic action
solution
The force of the moving water and air wears away the banks and bed of the river. Water forces air to be trapped in the banks and the pressure eventually cracks and breaks the banks.
attrition
abration
solution
hydraulic action
rocks and pebbles in the river crash against each other and become smaller
corrosion
hydraulic action
attrition
abrasion
Rivers can be a little acidic and the acid can dissolve the rock. What is this called?
hydraulic action
corrosion
attrition
abrasion
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