Rivers

What is the bend on a river called?

• Ox bow lake

• Meander

• Good fishing spot

When rocks erode and cut into the bottom of the river its called....

• Solution

• Attrition

• Abrasion

When water moved eroded particles in the water its called...

• Solution

• Abrasion

• Attrition

Freeze thaw occurs when...

• Waves break on the coast

• River freezes over

• When water freezes and expands the rock and it erodes.

When freeze-thaw occurs the ice can expand up to...

• 6%

• 10%

• 9%

When the sea erodes through a cave its called...

• Cave

• Cracks

• Sea wall

• Arch

When an arch erodes away it forms a...

• River

• Stack

• Head land

• Spit

When a river and currents deposit eroded materials along the coast near the river mouth over time it forms a...

• Stack

• Cliff

• Spit

• Bar

What helps protects the coast from erosion?

• Sea wall

• Cliffs

• Boats

When two rivers collide its called...

• Tributary

• Conflusion

• Meander

• Weathering