Chapter 6.2 Characteristics of Rivers

What landform can you see in the picture?

• Floodplain
• Delta
• Waterfall
• Oxbow lake

I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?

• Levee
• Delta
• Floodplain
• Meander

The process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass.

• erosion
• deposition
• mouth
• divide

Valleys created by downcutting streams are ___- shaped

• W
• U
• V
• Y

The carrying capacity of a stream is its ___________.

• ability to transport sediment

• rate of runoff entering the channel

• volume of flow

• stream bank height

Which letter has a higher velocity?

• A

• B

Which letter is there more deposition occurring?

• A

• B

What feature of the river is seen in this picture?

• gradient

• delta

• alluvial fan

• meander

Triangular shaped deposit at the mouth of a stream where it enters a large body of water.

• alluvial fan

• delta

• meander

• oxbow lake

The part of the valley floor created by flood waters:

• flood plain

• meanders

• oxbow lake

• channel