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River Channel and Drainage Basin Features

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these shows a river channel?

a)
b)
2.

Which of these shows a diagram of a Drianage Basin?

a)
b)
3.

The _________ is where streams/rivers begin.

a)

Source

b)

Confluence

c)

Tributary

d)

Mouth

4.

_________ is where streams/rivers meet each other.

a)

Confluence

b)

Tributary

c)

Mouth

d)

Watershed

5.

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

a)

Tributary

b)

Mouth

c)

Watershed

d)

Source

6.

The _________ is where the main river will eventually drain all its water into.

a)

Mouth

b)

Watershed

c)

Source

d)

Confluence

7.

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

a)

Watershed

b)

Source

c)

Confluence

d)

Tributary

8.

The valley walls of a river are the steepest at which river course?

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

9.

The river channel is the deepest and widest at which river course?

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

10.

At which river course is the water moving the fastest?

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower