River Processes and Landforms

The area that contains a river system is called a what?

• Drain Bassoon
• Drainage Basinet
• Drainage Basin
• Drain Basalt

The high ground around a river where rain seldom falls is called the ...

• Mountains
• Watershed
• Drainage Basin
• Valley

A river starts very small before getting larger. What is the name given to a small river that joins a larger river?

• Confluence
• Tribunal
• Tributary
• Joiner

Which is the odd one out?

• Hydraulic Action
• Saltation
• Abrasion 
• Attrition

Small particles which are carried in the water is what type of transportation?

• Traction
• Solution
• Suspension
• Saltation

There are four main types of erosion for rivers. Which answer is correct.

• Hydraulic Action, Attrition, Rubbing, Silting
• Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Deposition, Solution
• Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Silting, Solution
• Hydraulic Action, Solution, Abrasion, Attrition

This type of erosion occurs when the rocks being carried by the river scrape away the bed and banks.

• Abrasion
• Hydraulic Action
• Attrition
• Corrosion

Which method of transportation is 'bouncing' medium sized particles along the river bed?

• Traction
• Saltation
• Suspension
• Solution

Particles in a river will get bigger as we move downstream.

• True
• False

Some particles are dissolved by the river and transported. What is this process called?

• Traction
• Saltation
• Suspension
• Solution