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Features of a river

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  • What is the place where a river begins called?
    Source
  • What is the movement of sediment by a river called?
    Transport
  • What is the area where all water drains into the same river system called?
    Drainage basin
  • What is the speed of a river’s flow called?
    Velocity
  • What is flat land beside a river called?
    Floodplain
  • Which part of a river becomes wider and begins to meander?
    Middle course
  • What is the high land separating drainage basins called?
    Watershed
  • What is the movement or flow of water in a river called?
    Current
  • What is a bend in a river called?
    Meander
  • Which river process carries rocks and sediment downstream?
    Transport
  • Which river feature forms when a meander is cut off?
    Oxbow lake
  • What is the path a river flows through called?
    Channel
  • What is a deep narrow valley formed by river erosion called?
    Gorge
  • Which river feature is often found below a waterfall?
    Gorge
  • What is the process where water wears away rock and soil called?
    Erosion
  • Which river process drops material when the river slows down?
    Deposition
  • What are small pieces of rock sand and soil carried by a river called?
    Sediment
  • What is an area of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river called?
    Delta
  • What is the land at the side of a river called?
    River bank
  • Which part of a river is steep narrow and fast-flowing?
    Upper course
  • What is the end of a river where it flows into the sea called?
    Mouth
  • What is water flowing over land into rivers and streams called?
    Runoff
  • What is the wide tidal mouth of a river called?
    Estuary
  • Which part of a river is widest and slowest?
    Lower course
  • What is a place where water flows over a steep drop called?
    Waterfall
  • What is a small narrow flow of water called?
    Stream
  • What is a smaller river that joins a larger river called?
    Tributary
  • What is it called when a river drops sediment?
    Deposition
  • What is a curved lake cut off from a river called?
    Oxbow lake
  • What is the place where two rivers meet called?
    Confluence
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