Streams and Rivers

The elevation where a stream meets a large body of standing water, usually the ocean.

• base level

• divide

• meander

• headwaters

The place where two streams join together is called a

• confluence

• merger

• acquisition zone

• annexation point

An elevated boundary that separates one water basin from another is called?

• divide

• meander

• rim

• Ridge

A divide that separates water that goes to different oceans.

• Continental divide

• Oceanic divide

• Pacific Divide

• Meander

Where a freshwater stream or river meets a saltwater body of water (usually ocean)

• estuary

• alluvial fan

• headwaters

• deluge

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Where a stream starts (often high in the mountains)

• headwaters

• meanders

• divide

• ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A bend or curve in a stream channel

• headwaters

• meanders

• divide

• ridge

Where a stream enters a larger body of water such as a lake or an ocean.

• mouth

• floodplain

• marsh

• tidal zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A body of moving water, contained within a bank (sides) and bed (bottom)

• stream

• crick

• glacier

• run off

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When 2 streams join together to make one, larger stream, the smaller of the 2 streams is called...

• tributary

• tiny

• meander

• confluence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4