Rivers and Landscapes Quiz

What is the name given to the largest sheet of falling water on the planet by the Kololo people?

• The Smoke That Thunders

• Victoria Falls

• The Zambezi River

• Mosi-oa-Tunya

What is the name given to the largest sheet of falling water on the planet by the British colonizers of the area?

• The Zambezi River

• Mosi-oa-Tunya

• Victoria Falls

• The Smoke That Thunders

What is the power of the Zambezi River that causes the crashing sheet of water to form?

• Erosion power

• Hydroelectric power

• Tidal power

• Wind power

What is the term used to describe the lowest level a stream can erode to?

• Base level

• Gradient level

• Equilibrium level

• Concave level

What is the term used to describe the landform that often appears at the base of a mountain where two rivers meet?

• Floodplain

• Oxbow lake

• Alluvial fan

• Terrace

What is the term used to describe the bends in a river that create distinct landforms?

• Erosion

• Sinuosity

• Velocity

• Gradient

What is the term used to describe the process of rivers adjusting their course to maintain the most efficient path through the basin?

• Equilibrium

• Deposition

• Meandering

• Erosion

What is the term used to describe the process of rivers dumping enough sediments to create natural levees and deltas?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Meandering

• Equilibrium

What is the term used to describe the process of water carrying and depositing sediments?

• Stream energy

• Stream gradient

• Stream velocity

• Stream load

What is the term used to describe the characteristic of a river that changes as the moving water erodes more in some places and less in others?

• Delicate

• Dynamic

• Powerful

• Equilibrium