Review Rain Shadow and Rivers

Match the letters to the parts of the rain shadow.

• D

• Desert (Dry)

• B

• Body of Water

• C

• Precipitation

• A

• Prevailing Wind

Match the definition to the term.

• Wind

• Water partly enclosed by land.

• Sea/Gulf/Bay

• A form of precipitation.

• Rain

• Dry area of land.

• Mountain

• Elevated physical feature.

• Desert

• Movement of air.

Label the correct side of the mountain.

a

b

Leeward

Windward

Match the part of the river to the label on the diagram.

• C

• River

• B

• Mouth

• D

• Source

• A

• Tributary

Rivers flow uphill.

• False

• True

Which statement is FALSE (not correct)?

• Rivers are freshwater.

• Rivers never end in the middle of land.

• Rivers are saltwater.

• Rivers flow downhill.

Match the definition to the term.

• River

• The end of a river.

• Tributary

• A river that flows into a larger river.

• Mountain

• Fresh water flowing downhill.

• Source

• An area of high elevation.

• Mouth

• The beginning of a river.

The ​ (a)   side of the mountains receives the rain, and the ​ (b)   side of the mountains gets very little rain, causing a ​ (c)   .

• windward
• leeward
• rain shadow
• forward
• sun shadow

The continuous movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again.

• water cycle
• climate

• rain shadow