Rivers - Junior Cycle

A river's ________________ is the starting point of the river.

• source

• triutaries

• mouth

• drainage basin

________________ are streams that flow together to make a river.

• source

• tributaries

• mouth

• drainage basin

The area of land DRAINED by a river system is called the _____________

• drainage basin

• mouth

• tributaries

• source

In which stage of a river would you find a waterfall?

• Upper course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

What landform can you see in the picture?

• 
• Delta

• Waterfall

• Oxbow lake

• Floodplain

"Rocks rolled along the river bed" is what type of transportation?

• Saltation

• Suspension

• Traction

• Solution

"When rocks scrape along the river bank and bed" is what type of erosion?

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Solution

• Hydraulic Action

I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?

• Levee

• Delta

• Floodplain

• Meander

The place where a smaller river joins a larger river is called a ...

• Tributary

• Congruence

• Confluence

• Convergence

The point where the river meets the sea or a lake is called the ...

• River Source

• River Mouth

• River Head

• River Section