River processes and landforms

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

PÁROLGÁS

Question 2

Condensation

Answer 2

PÁRALECSAPÓDÁS

Question 3

Precipitation

Answer 3

CSAPADÉK

Question 4

Infiltration

Answer 4

LESZIVÁROG

Question 5

Throughflow

Answer 5

ÁTFOLYÁS

Question 6

Percolation

Answer 6

ÁTSZŰRŐDÉS

Question 7

Transpiration

Answer 7

KIPÁROLGÁS

Question 8

Surface run-off

Answer 8

FELSZÍNI LEFOLYÁS

Question 9

Upper course

Answer 9

-the start of the river at higher altitude
-river channal –>small
-Vertical, or downwards
-erosion takes place here as water is pulled down by gravity.

Question 10

Erosion

Answer 10

Wearing away of the land
ERÓZIÓ (felszíni erő a felszínt pusztító munkája)

Question 11

Middle course

Answer 11

-The middle section of the river.
-Tributaries have joined the channel –> the river is carrying more water

Question 12

Tributaries

Answer 12

Smaller river channels that flow into larger rivers.
MELLÉKFOLYÓ

Question 13

Lower course

Answer 13

-The final stage of the river
-usually where it meets the sea
-The river is wide and deep –> it is carrying a large volume of water.
-Lateral or sideways
-erosion and deposition takes place here

Question 14

Lateral

Answer 14

The wearing away of the land in a sideways motion
OLDALSÓ (ERÓZIO) /OLDALELTERELÉS

Question 15

Deposition

Answer 15

When water, that is carrying sediment
LERAKÓDÁS

Question 16

Attrition

Answer 16

KOPÁS
-rocks carried by the river collide
-They break up into smaller smoother pieces.

Question 17

Abrasion

Answer 17

MORZSOLÓDÁS
– rocks carried by the river scrape along the bed and banks
-This loosens material which is carried away by the water in the river.

Question 18

Hydraulic action

Answer 18

-the force of the river against the banks
-Air becomes compressed within cracks and crevices
-which weakens the banks.

Question 19

Collide

Answer 19

ÜTKÖZNEK

Question 19

Scrape

Answer 19

KAPARJÁK

Question 20

Soluble

Answer 20

Something that dissolves
FELOLDÓDIK

Question 21

Suspension

Answer 21

FELLFÜGGESZTÉS
-smaller material that
-it is light enough to be continuously carried along

Question 22

Traction

Answer 22

TAPADÁSI SURLÓDÁS/ VONERŐ
-large rocks are rolled along the riverbed at times of high energy, -exapmle: when the river level is high

Question 23

Solution

Answer 23

OLDÓDÁS
– very small material that
-it is dissolved and can be transported even during times of low energy

Question 24

Saltation

Answer 24

UGRÁSSZERŰ ÁTALAKULÁS – the water picks up rocks and pebbles. -They are too heavy to be carried far and --> appear to bounce along the riverbed

Question 25

Meanders

Answer 25

curves in the middle-lower course of a river

Question 25

Pebble(s)

Answer 25

KAVICS(OK)

Question 25

Deposition

Answer 25

LERAKÓDÁS When material is dropped by the river

Question 26

oxbox

Answer 26

HOLTÁGAK -Lateral erosion creates wide bends, or meanders, in the river. If meanders grow large enough, a section of the river becomes cut off from the main channel.

Question 26

Foodplains

Answer 26

ÁRTEREK -These are flat areas of land either side of a river channel

Question 27

Deltas

Answer 27

-wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water

Question 28

Esturies

Answer 28

TORKOLLATOK -can also be found where the river meets the sea.