Rivers

Question 1

raging

Answer 1

continue with great force

Question 2

tumble

Answer 2

fall suddenly, clumsily or headlong

Question 3

cascading

Answer 3

pouring downwards rapidly and in
large quantities

Question 4

precipice

Answer 4

a tall and very steep rock face or
cliff

Question 5

iconic

Answer 5

a person or thing seen as a symbol
of something

Question 6

turbulent

Answer 6

moving unsteadily or violently

Question 7

rivulet

Answer 7

a very small stream

Question 8

estuary

Answer 8

the mouth of a large river where it
becomes affected by tides

Question 9

flood plain

Answer 9

an area of low-lying ground next to
a river that is subject to flooding

Question 10

tributary

Answer 10

a river or stream flowing into a
larger river or lake

Question 11

confluence

Answer 11

the junction of two rivers

Question 12

channel

Answer 12

a passage along which liquid or a
watercourse may flow

Question 13

Prefix / suffix:
port

Answer 13

move, carry

Examples: import, portable, transport, deport

Question 14

Prefix / suffix:
hydr

Answer 14

water

Examples: dehydrate, hydrogen, hydrophobia

Question 15

Prefix / suffix:
struct

Answer 15

make, build

Examples: construct, destruct, obstruct, structure

Question 16

Prefix / suffix:
ex

Answer 16

out

Examples: exclude, extend, exit

Question 17

Idiom:
cross that bridge when we come
to it

Answer 17

to delay worrying about something until it actually happens

Question 18

Idiom:
sell down the river

Answer 18

to deceive; to betray

Question 19

delta

Answer 19

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

Question 20

sediment

Answer 20

matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

Question 21

deposition

Answer 21

when the materials from erosion are dropped in a new location

Question 22

erosion

Answer 22

gradually being worn away

Question 23

centimetre

Answer 23

a unit of measurement

There are 10mm in 1cm.
There are 100cm in 1m.

Question 24

kilometre

Answer 24

a unit of measurement

There are 1000m in a km.

Question 25

local

Answer 25

relating to a particular region or part

or

an inhabitant of a particular area or neighbourhood

Question 26

locality

Answer 26

an area or neighbourhood

Question 27

location

Answer 27

a particular place or position

Question 28

descend

Answer 28

move or fall downwards

Question 29

aqueduct

Answer 29

a watercourse constructed to carry water