Water EXIT

On the outside bend there is more ___________ because the water is travelling faster.

• erosion

• deposition

From the headwaters to the mouth, does the speed of the river system increase, decrease, or stay the same as it travels to the ocean?

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

The most erosion and bed loading happens in the _______ part of the river system.

• upper

• middle

• lower

• delta

The most deposition of fine sediment happens in the _______ part of the river system.

• upper

• middle

• lower

• delta

From the headwaters/source to the mouth, what happens to the elevation of the river system?

• it goes from low to high elevation (increases)

• it goes from high to low elevation (decreases)

• elevation stays the same