Rivers

What is the start of a river called?

• Mouth

• Source

• tributary

• Meander

What is the name for a bend in the river?

• Meander

• Source

• Mouth

• Valley

What is it called where the river meets the sea?

• Source

• Watershed

• Mouth

• Waterfall

What is the name for the edge of the drainage basin?

• Meander

• Source

• Floodplain

• Watershed

What is the name for a small stream joining the river?

• Mouth

• Tributary

• Valley

• Watershed

What is it called where two rivers meet?

• Tributary

• Valley

• Source

• Confluence

What do we call the land either side of the river that floods when a river overflows?

• Floodplain

• Tributary

• Confluence

• Mouth

A what stage of the river would you find a waterfall?

• Upper

• Middle

• Lower

It which stage of the river would the water be fast flowing, the channel narrow and the valley steep?

• Upper

• Middle

• Lower

What landform is created by deposition when a river meets the sea?

• Waterfall

• Meander

• Delta

• V-shaped valley