Rivers and Bodies of Water Flashcards
What body of water, labeled 1 on the map below, is:
a) smaller than a sea;
b) reaches into the land; and
c) generally has a wide opening?
a bay
What body of water, labelled 9 on the map below, is a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water?
a strait
What body of water, labelled 3 on the map below, is similar to a strait but usually wider?
a channel
What body of water, labelled 2 on the map below, is a man-made channel?
a canal
What body of water, labelled 4 on the map below, is part of an ocean or sea that reaches into the land?
a gulf
What body of water, labelled 5 on the map below, is a sheltered place where ships may anchor safely?
a harbour
What body of water, labelled 6 on the map below, is a large body of water surrounded by land?
a lake
What body of water, labelled 7 on the map below, is a large body of water?
an ocean
What body of water, labelled 8 on the map below, is:
a) a body of water connecting two larger bodies of water;
b) wider than either a strait or a channel
c) sometimes separates and island from the mainland?
a sound
Which word means the movement of a stream of water and is indicated by the number 1 on the map below?
a current
The land deposited at the mouth of a river, indicated at number 2 on the map below, is called a…
delta
The direction in which a river flows, marked at number 3 on the map below, is…
downstream
The place where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as a lake, bay, or ocean, indicated at number 5 on the map below, is called the…
mouth
A large stream of fresh water flowing over the land, indicated at number 6 on the map below, is called a…
river
All the land drained by a river and its branches, shown at number 7 in the image below, is called the…
river basin
The bottom of a river over which the water flows, indicated by number 8 in the image below, is called the…
riverbed
The low land through which a river flows, indicated by number 9 in the image below, is called a…
river valley
The beginning of a river, indicated by number 10 on the image below, is called the…
source
A river or creek that flows into a larger river, indicated at number 11 on the image below, is called a…
tributary or branch
The direction from which a river flows, indicated by number 12 on the image below, is called…
upstream
Water that tumbles over a cliff, indicated at number 13 in the image below, forms a…
waterfall
A part of a river where the current is swift is called…
rapids
