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Rivers

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  • The springs join together to create what?
    Streams
  • Where does a river begin?
    mountains
  • What is erosion?
    The breaking down of material
  • What is deposition?
    When sediment/materials/a river's load gets too heavy and is dropped or deposited.
  • Streams get larger and join together to form?
    Rivers
  • What is a river?
    a large body of water that moves through our landscape
  • Rain falls on mountains and soaks into the ground. This water is called
    groundwater
  • What are the other names for the upper, middle and lower course of a river?
    Old, Middle and Young
  • What is the name of where a river starts?
    source
  • What is the name of the three sections of a river?
    The upper course, middle course and lower course
  • What is the joining point of a river and tributary called?
    confluence
  • What is a meander?
    The bends/ S shapes in a river
  • if groundwater reaches the surface, it forms..
    springs
  • What is the material a river carries called?
    load
  • How does a river begin?
    Rain falls on the mountains
  • What is the area of land at the side of rivers called?
    banks/floodplains
  • what is a joining river called?
    tributary
  • The point where the river meets the sea is called?
    The mouth
  • A river flows towards...
    the sea/ocean/a lake
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