Nile River Geography Vocabulary

What is the location where a river originates or begins?

• the source

• the mouth

• the left ear

• north

What is the location where a river flows into a larger body of water?

• the mouth

• the source

• the coccyx

• south

What is a river basin?

• the entire area of land that drains into the same river

• where Mr. Armstrong takes his baths

• mountains surrounding a river valley

• islands formed in the middle of a river

What is a confluence?

• the location where two rivers join together to make one bigger river

• an event in which people come from all over to speak and listen to others talk about common interests

• the direction a river flows

• a marshy area found near slow-moving rivers

What is a tributary?

• a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river

• the person who volunteers to be the district's contestant in the Hunger Games

• one river that splits into three rivers

• tribes that leave near and rely on a river for survival

What is a cataract?

• a series of rapids and low waterfalls on a river

• an eye problem when the retina detatches

• the proper term for a large group of cats

• a floodplain around a river

What is the usually dry bed of a river or stream in a desert or semiarid area?

• wadi

• creek

• crick

• swamp

What is an artificial lake where water is stored?

• a reservoir

• chopped liver

• a sea

• a mouth

What is the deposit of sand and sediment that occurs where a river flows into a larger body of water?

• delta

• alpha

• beta

• swamp

What is electricity that is generated from the power of moving water?

• hydroelectric power

• nuclear power

• solar power

• Mind Power