Rivers

Question 1

What types of landscapes are there?

Answer 1

Coastal, Desert, Mountain, Riverine and Karst

Question 2

What is a coastal landscape?

Answer 2

A coastal landscape is like a beach

Question 3

What is a desert landscape?

Answer 3

A sandy, hot area full of cactus

Question 4

What is a mountain landscape?

Answer 4

A rocky hill landscape

Question 5

What is a riverine landscape?

Answer 5

A landscape with rivers

Question 6

What is a Karst landscape?

Answer 6

A rocky cavern

Question 7

What is a river?

Answer 7

A long stream of water

Question 8

What is a river source?

Answer 8

It makes the river, it’s usually ice melting

Question 9

What is a Tributary?

Answer 9

a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

Question 10

What is a Confluence?

Answer 10

the junction of two rivers

Question 11

What is a Levee?

Answer 11

an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river

Question 12

What is a Delta?

Answer 12

The little islands on the end of the river formed through rocks and sand

Question 13

What is a Estuary?

Answer 13

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream

Question 14

What is a mouth?

Answer 14

The end of a river or stream

Question 15

What is a Channel?

Answer 15

When a river becomes narrow or shallow

It can also be called a Canel

Question 16

What is an Oxbow Lake?

Answer 16

When a Meander gets to close and decides to break of a bit of itself then it abandons the cut off bit and the little abondoned peice becomes an oxbow lake

Question 17

What is a Meander?

Answer 17

a winding curve or bend of a river

Question 18

What are some good things about living near a lake?

Answer 18

Good Scenery, Good Soil, Swimming, Free water, Fun, Food, Exercise, Adventure, Ceremonies and Direction to a beach

Question 19

What are the bad things about living near a river?

Answer 19

Leeches, Drowning, Floods, Algae, Smelly, Pests, Oil spills, Erosion, Diseases, water gets too close, lots of rubbish