Drainage Patterns

Question 1

Three River tributaries various pattern are

Answer 1

Dendritic, radio and trellis

Question 2

What is dendritic?

Answer 2

This river resembles the branches of a tree the

Question 3

What is radial?

Answer 3

Forms when rivers radiates from a central point

Question 4

What is trellis?

Answer 4

This drainage pattern occurs when tributaries join the main river at a right angle

Question 5

Explain the drainage density

Answer 5

Some rivers are large with lots of tributaries,the area where that river is found is said to have a high drainage density

Question 6

Mouth of a river

Answer 6

The place where a river ends

Question 7

Confluence

Answer 7

This is the area where two or more rivers meet

Question 8

Flood plain

Answer 8

This is the area where water goes after the river has been flooded or overflow it’s banks

Question 9

Meander

Answer 9

These are the curves and bends in a river

Question 10

Ox bow lake

Answer 10

This is an abandoned meander.it forms due to erosion and deposition

Question 11

Delta

Answer 11

This forms at the mouth of a river due to the build up of cediments

Question 12

Bed

Answer 12

This is the floor of the river

Question 13

Bank

Answer 13

These are the sides of the river
If the sides are steep it’s called concave bank and if the sides are gentle it’s called a convey bank

Question 14

Tributary

Answer 14

These are smaller rivers joining larger rivers

Question 15

Drainage basin

Answer 15

This is a area drained by a river and its tributaries