Rivers

A land form made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

• River

• Source

• Delta

• Estuary

Where a river starts

• Delta

• Meander

• estuary

• source/headwaters

The point where a river enters a lake or the ocean

• Mouth

• Delta

• estuary

• source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A crescent-shaped lake that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel

• Delta

• oxbow lake

• estuary

• mouth

A stream or river that flows into a larger river

• lake

• mouth

• tributary

• estaury

The land area that supplies water to a river system

• oxbow lake

• watershed

• river

• lake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river that separates Virginia and Maryland

• James

• York

• Potomac

• Shenandoah

Settlement for the first English Colony

• Potomac River

• James River

• Shenandoah River

• York River

A flow of underwater that emerge naturally at the ground surface

• lake

• spring

• estuary

• river

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rivers Producers organisms

• Fish and crabs

• Turtles and beavers

• Algae and moss

• Frogs and Lizards

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3