Rivers

Question 1

Tributary

Answer 1

A stream or river which flows into a larger one

Question 2

Interlocking spurs

Answer 2

Projecting areas of high ground around which a river flows

Question 3

Braiding

Answer 3

Where are river divides into two or more interconnecting channels

Question 4

Delta

Answer 4

A large fan shaped area of deposits found at the mouth of a river

Question 5

Floodplain

Answer 5

Flat land across which a river flows - usually in its middle or lower course

Question 6

Potholes

Answer 6

Holes in river bedrock eroded by swirling stones

Question 7

Meander

Answer 7

Pronounced bend on a river

Question 8

Confluence

Answer 8

The point where two rivers join

Question 9

Watershed

Answer 9

The boundary between two river basins

Question 10

Oxbow

Answer 10

A lake formed when a river bend is cut off

Question 11

Levées

Answer 11

Natural embankments on river banks deposited when the river floods

Question 12

Erosion

Answer 12

The process which occurs on the outside of a meander

Question 13

Load

Answer 13

All the material carried by a river

Question 14

Estuary

Answer 14

A wide river mouth- called a firth in Scotland

Question 15

Source

Answer 15

The point at which a river begins

Question 16

Drainage basin

Answer 16

The area drained by a river and its tributaries

Question 17

Deposition

Answer 17

The process which occurs of the inside of a meander

Question 18

V-shaped

Answer 18

The profile of a valley eroded by a river

Question 19

Alluvium

Answer 19

Another name for silt-spread by the river over its floodplain