Rivers WED

a meander that was cut off from the river

• Oxbow lake

• floodplain

• cutbank

• channel

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WED

the area the river ends - often in a sea or ocean

• mouth

• brackish water

• delta

• channel

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WED

triangular shaped new land made of sediments found at the mouth of the river

• meander

• brackish water

• delta

• estuary

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WED

the path a river takes over land -made up of a bed and banks

• meander

• river

• delta

• channel

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WED

the bottom part of a river's channel

• meander

• river bed

• point bar

• channel

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WED

the side of the river channel

• bank

• river bed

• point bar

• tributary

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WED

a flat area next to the river that floods - Flooding gives great nutrients to the soil in a flood plain.

• delta

• flood plain

• point bar

• tributary

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WED

a curve or bend on a river

• delta

• meander

• cut bank

• channel

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WED

small streams that flow into the main river

• watershed

• tributaries

• current

• estuary

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WED

the land area that drains into a specific river

• watershed

• tributaries

• current

• estuary

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WED