Rivers

The _________ is where streams/rivers begin.

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Mouth

A _________ is a smaller stream/river that contributes to the main river a drainage basin.

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Watershed

• Source

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

_________ is where streams/rivers meet each other.

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Watershed

An imaginary line that separates the drainage basins of one stream from another.

• Floodplain

• Drainage Basin

• Delta

• Divide

What river feature does this image show?

• Meander

• Oxbow Lake

• Tributary

• Headwaters

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What river feature does this picture show?

• Oxbow Lake
• Meander
• Estuary
• Tributary

What does this image show?

• Oxbow Lake
• Headwaters
• Runoff
• Delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where will there be the most erosion?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where is the water in the river moving the slowest?

• A

• B

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The land sitting next to the river banks which often gets covered in water when discharge is particularly high.

• Levee

• Delta

• Floodplain

• Meander

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5