Rivers Flashcards
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Tributary
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A stream or river that flows into an larger stream or river
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River
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A large stream of natural origin that flows into another body of water
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Estuary
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And narrow arm of brackish water (fresh and salt water mixed) water where the ocean tide meets the river current
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Canal
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A new strip of man made water used for irrigation navigation or drainage
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Delta
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Triangle shaped piece of their forms at the mouth of the river flowing by deposits as the river current needs to still ocean or sea
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River mouth
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The point where river and singing and do it and empties into another ocean or sea
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River source
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The place where a river begins
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Watershed
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Hey area land that is crisscrossed by smaller waterways waterways that drains into a larger body of water
