River Processes and Features

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

• Watershed

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

What are tributaries?

• bends in the river

• wide areas of water near the mouth

• where the river reaches the sea

• small streams or rivers that run into the main channel

The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?

• Upper

• Middle

• Lower

What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?

• erosion, attrition and abrasion

• erosion, transportation and deposition

• erosion, transportation and solution

• erosion, attrition and corrosion

Where does deposition mostly occur?

• Upper Course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

Where does erosion mostly occur?

• Upper Course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

Where does transportation mostly occur?

• Upper Course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

Name this river feature

• Ox-bow lake

• Meander

• Delta

• Waterfall and Gorge

Name this river feature

• Delta

• Waterfall and Gorge

• Ox-bow Lake

• Meander

Name this river feature

• Waterfall and Gorge

• Meander

• Ox-Bow Lake

• Delta