Rivers Flashcards
Where do rivers begin?
At their source
A rivers route from its source to the sea is called its …
Course
Where a river meets the sea is called it’s …
Mouth
What is a drainage basin?
The area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries
What are two drainage basins usually separated by?
High land know as watershed
What are tributaries?
Small streams that join a river
What’s a levee?
Raised banks formed by the river on its floodplain
What’s an estuary?
Near the sea the part of the river that is effected by the tides
What is a meander?
Bends in the river
What’s a confluence
The meeting point of two rivers
What’s a floodplain?
Are covered in water in times of heavy rain
What is hydraulic action?
Is the force of fast flowing water that breaks up the bed and banks of the river
What is abrasion?
Stones carried by the river hit against the bed and banks
What is solution?
When river water dissolves the rocks over which it flows
What is attrition?
When stones roll along the bed or collide with each other
