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Lower course river features 2

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What feature would you find in the lower course of a river?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Gorge

c)

Meander

d)

Delta

2.

Where does deposition mostly occur?

a)

Upper Course

b)

Middle Course

c)

Lower Course

3.

Name this river feature

a)

Waterfall and Gorge

b)

Meander

c)

Ox-Bow Lake

d)

Delta

4.

Which river process is mostly responsible for the formation of deltas and floodplains?

a)

Erosion

b)

Transportation

c)

Deposition

5.

Sediment deposits that form where a river flows into still water. Shaped like a triangle.

a)

confluence

b)

valley

c)

delta

d)

tributary

6.

Build up of flat land on each side of the river that has the potential to flood.

a)

confluence

b)

flat plain

c)

flood plain

d)

watershed divide

7.

Identify which part of the river you would find the mouth.

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

8.

Identify which part of the river you would find a delta.

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

9.

What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?

a)

erosion, attrition and abrasion

b)

erosion, transportation and deposition

c)

erosion, transportation and solution

d)

erosion, attrition and corrosion

10.
There are four main types of erosion for rivers. Which answer is correct.
a)
Hydraulic Action, Attrition, Rubbing, Silting
b)
Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Deposition, Solution
c)
Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Silting, Solution
d)
Hydraulic Action, Solution, Abrasion, Attrition
11.
Deposition is when ...
a)
Objects are moved along the river.
b)
Objects are dropped along the river.
c)
Objects are suspended in the water.
d)
Objects are move into the ocean.
12.
Transportation in river systems has four main categories. These are ...
a)
Suspension, Solution, Attrition, Abrasion.
b)
Suspension, Solution, Saltation, Abrasion.
c)
Suspension, Solution, Saltation, Attrition.
d)
Suspension, Solution, Saltation, traction.
13.
A meander is best described as ...
a)
A straight section of the river.
b)
A winding section of a lake.
c)
A section of the river that joins another river.
d)
A winding section of a river.
14.
When the bends of a Meander get close enough they can join, creating a new river path. What is left is called ...
a)
An oxback lake
b)
An oxen lake
c)
An oxcart lake
d)
An oxbow lake
15.

Large material is deposited first when a river floods and creates ?

a)

Oxbow lakes

b)

Levees

c)

Meanders

d)

Deltas

16.

When rivers meet the sea the course material is deposited first producing ?

a)

Levees

b)

Meanders

c)

Wave cut platform

d)

topset beds