River processes

The source of a river is always located at high elevations.

• True

• False

Rapids and waterfalls form over soft, easily eroded rocks.

• True

• False

When rock material from the river bank and bed is worn away, this is called erosion.

• False

• True

The transportation processes only occur at the middle course of the river.

• True

• False

A gorge is created by erosion.

• True

• False

When a river loses energy and dumps sediments, ____________ occurs.

• Erosion

• Flooding

• Deposition

• Saltation

What is a 'meander'?

• A type of fish

• A river delta

• The mouth of a river

• A bend in a river

Levees, deltas, Floodplain are a set of landforms created by

• Deposition

• Hurricanes

• Erosion

• Solution

_______ is the erosional process by which the force of the water removes loose materials from the bed and banks.

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

• Friction

• Corrosion

Traction is a/an _______ process by which boulders roll or slide along the river bed.

• Transportation

• Erosion

• Deposition