types of rivers in deserts

Question 1

exogenous river

Answer 1

source is outside the desert

Question 2

endoreic river

Answer 2

flow into deserts
terminate in a lake or the sea

Question 3

ephemeral river

Answer 3

only flow after extreme rainfall
only flow part of the year

Question 4

episodic flash flood

Answer 4

infrequent rainfall events that lead to large amounts of water being released at one time.

Question 5

hydraulic action

Answer 5

force of the water crashing and breaking off material to be transported away

Question 6

splash erosion

Answer 6

force of rainwater displacing soil particles

Question 7

sheet erosion

Answer 7

water running as a sheet over impermeable surfaces or compacted soil washing away disturbed particles

Question 8

rill erosion

Answer 8

sheet wash wears down the soil to form a definite path to from rivulets in the soil called rills

Question 9

gully erosion

Answer 9

over time, rills become wider and deeper to form gullies

Question 10

bank erosion

Answer 10

fast water flow wears away the stream sides causing the bank to collapse and the channel to widen