Retrieval Time - Parts of a river

'The twists and turns of a river'

• Confluence

• Estuary

• Meander

Answer explanation

'Water flowing from a great height'

• Waterfall

• Mouth

• Source

Answer explanation

'The steep walls on either side of a river'

• Floodplain

• Gorge

• Delta

Answer explanation

'The deep part in the middle'

• Delta

• Waterfall

• Main Channel

Answer explanation

'A wide muddy or sandy area where some rivers meet the sea. The river slows down and drops all of the sediment it was carrying'

• Meander

• Delta

• Source

Answer explanation

'The end of a river where it flows into the sea, another river or a lake'

• Main Channel

• Mouth

• Meander

Answer explanation

'The place where two streams meet to make one river'

• Confluence

• Gorge

• Delta

Answer explanation

'Flat land beside a river that might get flooded if the river overflows'

• Estuary

• Delta

• Floodplain

Answer explanation

'Where the river meets the sea'

• Estuary

• Delta

• Confluence

Answer explanation