Definitions - Rivers Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Source of a river?
A
Where a river begins
2
Q
What is a Drainage Basin?
A
The area from which water drains into the river
3
Q
What is the Watershed?
A
An imaginary line that separates two drainage basins
4
Q
What is the Confluence?
A
The point where two rivers join together
5
Q
What are tributaries?
A
Smaller rivers which join the main river
6
Q
What is a flood plain?
A
Land that floods when a river overflows?
7
Q
What is the Mouth?
A
Where the river flows into the sea or lake
8
Q
What is the river bed?
A
The bottom of the river channel
9
Q
What is a river bank?
A
The side of a river channel
10
Q
What is the river Channel?
A
Rivers flow in this
