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WorksheetsRiver Systems
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 15mins
What river feature does this image show?
Meander
Oxbow Lake
Tributary
Headwaters
Where will there be the most erosion?
A
B
C
D
Where is the water in the river moving the slowest?
A
B
D
The location where a river begins is called the...
High elevation
Headwaters
River start
Mouth
The land sitting next to the river banks which often gets covered in water when discharge, water flow, is particularly high.
Levee
Delta
Floodplain
Meander
What is the name of the point where a river ends & empties into another river or large body of water?
Tributary
Water Shed
Confluence
Mouth
Deposition is when ...
Sediments and materials are moved along the river.
Sediments and materials are dropped along the river.
Sediments and materials are suspended in the water.
Sediments and materials are move into the ocean.
Which term best describes the general flow of water over land?
runoff
precipitation
transpiration
condensation
What stage of a river is closest to the ocean?
Youthful
mature
old
What stage of the river moves the fastest?
youthful
mature
old
They all move at the same speed
Which of the following is NOT very typical of a youthful stage of a river?
waterfalls
rapids
steep slope
meanders
In the Youthful Stage of a river (in the mountains), what shape valley does the river cut into the hillside?
"S" shape
"U" shape
"L" shape
"V" shape
In the mature stage of a river, where the it begins to leave the mountains, the river cut valley widens and the river begins to ___________________
ALL of these
slow down
begin meanders
start a flood plain
The outside portion of a meander where erosion occurs.
Cutbank
Oxbow
Meander
Headwater
A deposit that forms on the inner side of a meander where deposition occurs.
Point Bar
Cutbank
Oxbow
Headwater
Pick the picture that depicts the greatest channel sinuosity.
