Key Words, River Processes

Question 1

Traction

Answer 1

The dragging of large boulders along the river bed by the river

Question 2

Suspention

Answer 2

Particles held on suspention bybthe ruger

Question 3

Saltation

Answer 3

Small pebbles and rocks bounced along the river bed

Question 4

Suspention

Answer 4

Find light particles carried in the flow of the river

Question 5

Solution

Answer 5

Minerals dissolved in the river and carried in solution

Question 6

Hydraulic action

Answer 6

Force of the river according to bed and banks to erode

Question 7

Abrasion

Answer 7

Material carried by a river scraping along the bed and banks

Question 8

Attrition

Answer 8

Eroded material carried by a river hit into each other breaking into smaller pieces

Question 9

Corrosion

Answer 9

The acids in water causing erosion

Question 10

Watershed

Answer 10

The dividing line which separates to adjacent drainage basin/catchment areas

Question 11

Source

Answer 11

The place where the river begins, usually in an a plant area it may be from the spring, as melt water from a glacier or in a swampy area

Question 12

Mouth

Answer 12

Is the end point of a river where it enters the sea

Question 13

Tributory

Answer 13

The name given to a smaller river joining a bigger one

Question 14

Confluence

Answer 14

The point where a tributary meets the main river

Question 15

V-shaped valley

Answer 15

A small stream will naturally follow small depressions in the landscape V shaped

Question 16

Interlocking spurs

Answer 16

The upper course of the river where the channel often winds around ridges of land

Question 17

Meander

Answer 17

A river following a winding course or a winding bend of a river

Question 18

Pools

Answer 18

Deep sections in a river

Question 19

Oxbow lake

Answer 19

When the flow of a meander eventually cuts off a bend tirning it unti a lake 

Question 20

Gorge

Answer 20

Rocky area where the ruver has cut down sharply