River Key Terms: drainage basins & water cycle

The start of a river is called the:

• Source

• Mouth

• Tributary

• Confluence

The imaginary line outlines the edge of the drainage basin is called the:

• Watershed

• Hydrostop

• Basinpoint

• Precipi-pause

Evaporation from the top layer of cells in plant matter is called...

• Transpiration

• Transformation

• Transanimation

• Transillumination

The point at which two rivers meet is called a...

• Tributary

• Distributary

• Confluence

• Swan neck

The relief is steepest in which part of a drainage basin?

• Upper course

• Middle course

• Lower course

• Even throughout

Which term describes water moving down from surface to soil layer

• Infiltration

• Throughflow

• Percolation

• Groundwater flow

Which term means rain, snow, hail or sleet?

• Precipitation

• Percipitation

• Presipitation

• Persipitation

Which shape valley is found in the upper course?

• V-shape

• U-shape

• W-shape

• O-shape

Which landform is created in the upper course when the river bends around harder sections of rock, finding the route which offers least resistance and forming a zip-like pattern?

• Interlocking spurs

• Meanders

• Waterfalls

• Estuaries

Which is not a type of river mouth?

• Birdsfoot delta

• Estuary

• Swan-neck

• Arcuate delta