Landforms

The triangular shaped deposit at the mouth of a river as it enters a larger body of water.

• alluvial fan

• delta

• tributary

• source

• mouth

The triangular shaped deposit at the bottom of a drainage route on a hillside, or mountainside.

• alluvial fan

• delta

• tributary

• source

• mouth

A smaller river, stream, or creek that flows into a larger river, stream or creek.

• alluvial fan

• delta

• tributary

• source

• mouth

The location where a river opens into a lake, pond, bay, sea, or ocean. A deposit called a delta is often found at this location as the water slows and enters the body of water.

• alluvial fan

• delta

• tributary

• source

• mouth

The location at a high elevation - perhaps at the top of a mountain, where a river begins or starts.

• alluvial fan

• delta

• tributary

• source

• mouth

What occurs at the inside curve of meandering rivers?

• Deposition of sand banks

• Weathering and Erosion of the river bank

• Deposition of large rocks and stones

• Formation of a delta

Describe the speed of a water in the inside curves of meandering rivers.

• Slow moving

• Fast moving

What occurs at the outside curves of a meandering river?

• Weathering and erosion of the river edge

• Deposition of a sand bank

• Deposition of a large rocks and stones

• formation of a tributary

Describe the speed of a water in the outside curves of meandering rivers.

• Slow moving

• Fast moving

This landform is created by the deposition of glacial till in a pile in front of a glacier as it slides downhill.

• Moraine

• Esker

• Kettle lake

• Glacial erratic

• U shaped valley