Practice Questions on Rivers and Streams (Worth a HW Grade)

A small stream or river feeding into the main river is known as...

• Confluence
• Source
• Tributary
• Mouth

Which particles will be transported by a stream moving at a velocity of 5 cm/s?

• pebbles, sand, silt, and clay, only

• sand, silt, and clay, only

• silt and clay, only

• clay, only

The Genesee River flows across both the Allegheny Plateau and the Erie-Ontario Lowlands in New York State. This river flows

• northward, in the same general direction as the Hudson River

• northward, in the same general direction as the Niagara River

• southward, in the same general direction as the Hudson River

• southward, in the same general direction as the Niagara River

Compared to the stream velocity between point X and point Y, the stream velocity between point Y and point Z is most likely

• greater, since the slope of the land decreases

• greater, since the slope of the land increases

• less, since the slope of the land decreases

• less, since the slope of the land decreases

Erosion is most likely greatest at locations

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A

A river's current carries sediments into the ocean. Which sediment size will most likely be deposited in deeper water farthest from the shore?

• pebble

• sand

• slit

• clay

Sediment is deposited in a river delta because the

• velocity of the river decreases

• force of gravity decreases

• volume of the river increases

• gradient of the river increases

Over which two landscape regions do the streams in watershed D flow?

• Tug Hill Plateau and the Catskills

• Tug Hill Plateau and Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Adirondack Mountains and Champlain Lowlands

• Adirondack Mountains and St. Lawrence Lowlands

The Genesee River in watershed A generally flows in which direction?

• north

• south

• east

• west

In which major watershed is the Susquehanna River located?

• F

• H

• I

• J