The Drainage Basin Flashcards
1
Q
What is the name of where the river begins?
A
Source
2
Q
What is the Drainage Basin?
A
The area from which the water drains into the river
3
Q
What is the imaginary line that separates two drainage basins?
A
Watershed
4
Q
What is the name of the point that 2 rivers join together?
A
Confluence
5
Q
What are smaller rivers called, which join the main river
A
Tributaries
6
Q
What is a Flood Plain?
A
Land that floods when a river overflows - Like the field where we walk Oakley
7
Q
What is the MOUTH of the river?
A
Where the river flows into the sea or lake
8
Q
What is the bottom of the river channel called?
A
River Bed
9
Q
What is the river bank?
A
The side of a river channel
10
Q
What is a Channel?
A
The river flows in this
