Year 9 Geography Quiz

What is a river basin?

• An area that a river flows into

• An area drained by a river

• The area outside the watershed

What is the watershed?

• The edge of a drainage basin

• A smaller river that flows into a larger river

• The point where two rivers join together

What is the start of a river called?

• The mouth

• The watershed

• The source

• Delta

What is a river confluence?

• A smaller river that flows into a larger river

• The point where two rivers join together

• The point where the river enters the sea

________ are streams that flow together to make a river

• Source

• Tributaries

• Mouth

• Drainage basin

The Yellow and Yangtze river are located in ________

• Pakistan

• China

• Russia

• Brazil

What is the world's second largest river that runs through a rainforest?

• Congo River

• Amazon River

• River Nile

• Ob River

The floodplain of a river is:

• Very hilly

• Steep sloping

• In the mountains

• Generally flat

What will river load be like in the upper course?

• Large and angular

• Small and angular

• Small and rounded

• Large and rounded

What will the river be like in the upper course?

• Narrow and deep

• Wide and shallow

• Wide and deep

• Narrow and shallow