Stream system terms

a long, low area carved by a stream or glacier with higher areas on both sides

• valley

• head

• mouth

• floodplain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the beginning of a stream or river where runoff has cut a channel

• floodplain

• delta

• head

• stream channel

a deep, steep-walled gorge carved in rock by a stream or glacier

• floodplain

• valley

• delta

• canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

all of the land drained by a river and its tributaries

• drainage basin

• stream channel

• floodplain

• delta

a stream that flows into a larger stream or river

• valley

• delta

• tribuatary

• canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the course along which water moves

• tributary

• stream channel

• floodplain

• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a flat plain created by sediment dropped at the river's mouth

• head

• canyon

• valley

• delta

a flat area next to a stream and made up of loose sediment, such as silt.

• mouth

• floodplain

• delta

• tributary

the point at which water from a river or stream empties into another body of water, such as a large stream, lake, or ocean

• mouth

• valley

• canyon

• head

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4