River Profile & River Processes

This part of the drainage basin is the edge of highland. It surrounds a drainage basin and marks the boundary between two drainage basins.

• Catchment Area

• Confluence

• Watershed

• Tributary

By placing a compass on the mouth of the drainage basin, which direction is the mouth of the drainage basin?

• North

• South

• East

• West

• Northwest

Drainage basin is an open system. This open system has 4 mechanisms. Which of the following are mechanisms involved? (There may be more than one correct answer)

• Input

• Output

• Groundwater Storage

• Transfer

• Precipitation

Which of the following are part of the storage mechanism in a drainage basin? (There may be more than one correct answer)

• Soil Moisture

• Channel Flow

• Groundwater

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

What is the Bradshaw Model used for?

How would you describe the channel at the upper course of the river?

• Deep

• Shallow

• Narrow

• Wide

Which of the following are the 3 main river processes?

• Solution

• Vertical Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition

• Erosion

When the velocity of the river decreases, it no longer has enough energy to carry its sediment. The sediment will be dropped at the river bed/river bank. Which process is this?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Saltation

• Lateral Erosion

Which of the following transportation process involves small rocks bouncing along the river bed?

• Traction

• Saltation

• Suspension

• Solution

Which of the following erosion process involves small particles scraping of other materials along the river banks.

• Corrosion (solution)

• Corrasion (abrasion)

• Attrition

• Hydraulic Action