Rivers

Confluence

• a point where two or more rivers meet

• a small river that joins the main river

• The main river within a drainage basin

Entire area drained by a river and its tributaries

• watershed

• confluence

• drainage basin

a high-lying area separating two or more drainage basins

• Drainage basin

• confluence

• watershed

The origin of a river

• source

• mouth

• delta

A branch of the main river

• confluence

• tributary

• drainage basin

the lowest level to which a river can erode

• source

• mouth

• tributary

section of a river from the source to the mouth

• long profile

• cross profile

• drainage basin

section of the river from one bank to another

• Long profile of the river

• cross profile of the river

• drainage basin

Which one is an input into a drainage basin

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

Which ones are flows within a drainage basin

• percolation, inflitration, stem flow, through flow, leaf drip, through flow, ground water flow, channel flow

• Interception

  ground water stores

  surface storage

• evaporation

  transpiration