Bodies of water

Any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water

• gulf

• sound

• inlet

A place where land drops sharply causing rivers to form waterfalls or rapids.

• drainage basin

• fall line

• river system

The largest inlets

• gulf

• river

• sound

Land that is drained by a river system

• drainage container

• drain

• drainage basin

Is a long inlet that separates offshore islands from the mainland

• inlet

• sound

• gulf

A river and its tributaries

• tributaries

• Mississippi River

• river system

A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river

• branch

• tributaries

• river system

The Mississippi River and its _____ form the ______river system in the United States.

• water, smallest

• tributaries, largest

• river system, heaviest

The Mississippi River ends in Minnesota.

• true

• false

The Mississippi River ______ into the _______.

• empties, Gulf of Mexico

• fills up, Gulf of Mexico

• branches, Gulf of Mexico