RIVERS - FROM WATER SHED TO MOUTH

What is a river?

• a body of water

• a body of fresh flowing water

• underground water flows

• seasonal water flows after a shower of rain

The river begins at its

• mouth

• estuary

• tributary

• source

the river flows through a channel known as its

• flow

• tributary

• course

• bed load

the river, at its beginning is called which stage?

• first

• youthful

• middle

• mature

What is the area at which a river begins known as?

• water table

• artesian basin

• catchment basin

• surface run off

The surface run off mainly happens due to

• igneous rock

• impermeable rock

• permeable rock

• porous rock

The river at the beginning stage is usually

• narrow and slow moving

• wide and fast moving

• narrow and fast moving

• wide and slow moving

Land features formed in the youthful stage of a river include which of the following features?

• meanders

• oxbow lakes

• deltas

• V-shaped valleys

Land forms which occur due to the flow of water over soft rock overlaying hard rock which erodes are

• gorges

• waterfalls

• slip-off slopes

• bluffs

Land forms created in the YOUTHFUL stage of the river includes which 2 of the following

• interlocking spurs and U-shaped valleys

• U-shaped valleys and waterfalls

• interlocking spurs and waterfalls

• waterfalls and slip-off slopes