Landforms of the middle course lesson starter

When the river reaches a bend, the water on the ______________ of the bend flows _________ than the water on the ____________ of the bend.

• inside, faster, outside

• outside, faster, inside

• inside, slower, outside

• outside, slower, inside

• These are piles of sediment on the inside of the bend of a meander, formed by continuous deposition.

• deposition bars

• sand bars

• point bars

• sediment bars

Over time, a meander can move __________across the land.

• vertically

• laterally

When the meander loop keeps ________, the river can break through during times of _______ and create an oxbow lake.

• narrowing, flood

• widening, drought

• narrowing, drought

• widening, flood

A floodplain is the __________ area of land next to a river that gets flooded from time to time.

• steep

• flat

• Levees are natural or man-made embankments that run ___________ to the river channel. They are formed by the ___________ of sediment during floods.

• parallel, erosion

• perpendicular, erosion

• parallel, deposition

• perpendicular, deposition