Lower River Features

Reorder the following from the smallest to the largest in terms how the river flow can transport its bedload!

• Solution

• Saltation

• Suspension

• Traction

In the lower course near to the mouth, the river is broad and shallow.

• true

• false

Build up of flat land on each side of the river that has the potential to flood. We call it flood _____.

The river in the lower course is fast-flowing because there is very little f______ with the bed, banks and load.

The wide flood plain in the lower course mostly is covered in

• Clay

• steel

• silt

• dust

• sand

The wide flood plain in the lower course mostly is covered in clay, silt and sand from flooding event known as

• alluminum

• allumium

• alluvinum

• aluvium

• alluvium

The river channel's edges have natural ridges called l_____.

The river channel can take on a number of different forms when it reaches the sea, depend on the...

• the strength of the waves

• rock type

• color of the rock

• the strength of the tides

• the amount of load being carried by the river.

The river may end in a wide and deep e_____y

[SP] In many cases, thing in this picture may mark the end of a river's long profile. How do we call that thing? ____a (Draw on a paper, point and capture for +1)