Lower course river features 2

What feature would you find in the lower course of a river?

• Waterfall

• Gorge

• Meander

• Delta

Where does deposition mostly occur?

• Upper Course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

Name this river feature

• Waterfall and Gorge

• Meander

• Ox-Bow Lake

• Delta

Which river process is mostly responsible for the formation of deltas and floodplains?

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition

Sediment deposits that form where a river flows into still water. Shaped like a triangle.

• confluence

• valley

• delta

• tributary

Build up of flat land on each side of the river that has the potential to flood.

• confluence

• flat plain

• flood plain

• watershed divide

Identify which part of the river you would find the mouth.

• Upper

• Middle

• Lower

Identify which part of the river you would find a delta.

• Upper

• Middle

• Lower

What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?

• erosion, attrition and abrasion

• erosion, transportation and deposition

• erosion, transportation and solution

• erosion, attrition and corrosion

There are four main types of erosion for rivers. Which answer is correct.

• Hydraulic Action, Attrition, Rubbing, Silting
• Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Deposition, Solution
• Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Silting, Solution
• Hydraulic Action, Solution, Abrasion, Attrition