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Vocabulary about rivers

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the place where a river starts

source

a layer of mud, sand, stones etc. that forms at the bottom of a river

sediment

strong walls built across a river to stop the water

dams

a low flat area of land where a river divides into smaller rivers and flows into the sea

delta

the regular rise and fall of the level of the sea

tide

the wide parts of rivers where they go into the sea

estuaries

areas of soft, wet land

marshes

lakes that contain sea water

lagoons