Rivers WED Vocab 1

What is the process by which sediments are laid down in new locations?

• A) deposition

• B) erosion

• C) estuary

• D) floodplain

What is the term for a curve or bend on a river?

• A) meander

• B) mouth

• C) oxbow lake

• D) point bar (sand bar)

What is the term for the beginning or start of a river?

• A) source

• B) tributaries

• C) waterfalls

• D) watershed

the flow or movement of water

• current

• bank

• channel

• source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

eroded stream bank on the outside of a meander curve

• cutbank

• point bar

• meander

• channel

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

• delta

• meander

• estuary

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• flood plain

• estuary

• reservoir

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a meander that was cut off from the river, forming a curved lake

• oxbow lake

• channel cutoff

• watershed

• river load

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

deposit of sediment build up by a river on the inside bend of a meander

• point bar (sand bar)

• meander

• banks

• river bed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

 bits and pieces of rock, sand and other solid particles

• sediments

• soil

• meander

• deposition