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What is the name of the place where a river begins?
Source
What is the name of the flat wided area on the banks of the river
Floodplain
What is the name of the area where two rivers meet
Confluence
What is the name of the route a river takes to the sea
Course
What is the name of the highland seperating the drainage basins
Drainage basin
What is the name of the partially enclosed area of seawater where the river flows
Estuary
Name the 4 types of erosion
Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Attrition, Solution
Name the 4 types of Transportation
Rolling, Bouncing, Solution & Suspension
What is the name of the curves or bends in a rivers mature stage?
Meanders
What is the name of the U- Shaped lake that can form in the middle and lower course?
Oxbow Lakes
What is the name of the the feature where alluvium builds up on the banks of the river?
Levee
What is the name of the sediment that forms land where the river meets the sea.
Delta
