Rivers Flashcards
What is the river discharge?
The volume of water
What is the load quantity?
How much material the river is carrying
Is the source of a river found upstream or downstream?
Upstream
Is the mouth of the river upstream or downstream?
Downstream
What is a confluence?
The point where two rivers join
What are tributaries?
Smaller streams and rivers that contribute water to the main river
What is the mouth of a river?
Where a river flows into the ocean or lake
What is a drainage basin/ river basin?
An area of land drained by a river and it’s tributaries
What is a water shed?
The imaginary line which separates one drainage basin from the next
What is a flood plain?
Land that might get flooded when a river overflows
What is the model that shows how a river’s characteristics change between the upper and lower course of a river?
The Bradshaw model
What happens to the river’s discharge as you go down stream?it increases
How does the load quantity change as you go downstream?
It increases
