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river features

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class

Date

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

Watershed

Source

Confluence

Tributary

What are tributaries?

bends in the river

wide areas of water near the mouth

where the river reaches the sea

small streams or rivers that run into the main channel

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

Upper

Middle

Lower

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

erosion, attrition and abrasion

erosion, transportation and deposition

erosion, transportation and solution

erosion, attrition and corrosion

Where does deposition mostly occur?

Upper Course

Middle Course

Lower Course

Where does erosion mostly occur?

Upper Course

Middle Course

Lower Course

Name this river feature

Delta

Waterfall and Gorge

Ox-bow Lake

Meander

water cycle

the movement of water from the oceans, seas and other wet surfaces to the air, then back to the ground, oceans and seas again

The flat area bordering a river formed from the mud deposited by the river when it floods

A place where ships can be loaded and unloaded

The force of the moving water and air wears away the banks and bed of the river. Water forces air to be trapped in the banks and the pressure eventually cracks and breaks the banks.

attrition

abration

solution

hydraulic action

10.

rocks and pebbles in the river crash against each other and become smaller

corrosion

hydraulic action

attrition

abrasion

11.

Rivers can be a little acidic and the acid can dissolve the rock. What is this called?

hydraulic action

corrosion

attrition

abrasion

12.

A river starts very small before getting larger. What is the name given to a small river that joins a larger river?

Confluence

Tribunal

Tributary

Joiner

13.

Attrition is when ..

large rocks smash against each other.

small rocks rub against the river bed.

sand and other fine particles float.

water flows into the rocks.

14.

Transportation in river systems has four main categories. These are ...

Suspension, Solution, Attrition, Abrasion.

Suspension, Solution, Saltation, Abrasion.

Suspension, Solution, Saltation, Attrition.

Suspension, Solution, Saltation, traction.

15.

an area of low land between hills or mountains

lawn

valley

velly

park

16.

What feature is often found alongside a waterfall?

Gorge

Source

Tributary

Levee

17.

What is the last feature of the river called when the water meets with another body of water?

Mouth

Waterfall

Tributary

18.

Material deposited by a river is known as _________________?

Meander

Pebbles

Sediment

Erosion

19.

Give reasons for the differences in cross sections of rivers in the upper and lower courses

A. In the upper course rivers are narrow and swallow because the river is less powerful and discharge relatively low. In the lower course the river is wider and deeper as the river carries more load, discharges more and has more power to erode.

B. In the upper course rivers are wide and deep because the river is less powerful and discharge relatively low. In the lower course the river is narrow and shallow as the river carries more load, discharges more and has less power to erode.

C. As a river moves from its upper to its lower course, it tends to carry more load, is wider, deeper, faster flowing and discharge increases

20.

What river features and landforms are associated with a cross section or profile of a river valley in its upper course.

A. river source, V-shape, interlocking spurs, narrow and shallow river channel

B. delta, flood plain, river mouth, levees, wide and deep river channel

C. sheep farming, wind turbines, HEP (hydro-electric power) stations and dams and reservoirs

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river features

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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