WorksheetsRivers and their features
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is erosion?
When rock is worn down by wind, water or ice, in situ, or in its original position
When rocky material is picked up by the river
When rocky material being transported by the river is dumped
When rocky material is moved from on place to another
Which group of river features are associated with a river's Upper Course?
V-shaped valleys, waterfalls, gorges, interlocking spurs
Source, Ox-Bow Lakes, waterfalls, Gorges
Waterfalls, V-shaped Valleys, Deltas, Floodplains
Deltas, flood plains, meanders Ox-bow lakes
Which part of a river is the upper course close to?
Source
Mouth
Confluence
Drainage Basin
Which feature of the upper course is formed when a waterfall retreats upstream?
Interlocking Spur
Pothole
Gorge
Rapids
Which feature of the upper course is an outcrop of the river valley that the river has to travel around?
Waterfall
Interlocking Spur
Rapid
Pothole
Which feature is formed due to water flowing over an uneven river bed?
Gorge
Pothole
Rapids
Interlocking Spur
Identify which part of the river you would find the mouth.
Upper
Middle
Lower
Identify which part of the river you would find an estuary.
Upper
Middle
Lower
Which way does a river flow?
Source to mouth
Mouth to source
A stream or river that joins the main river is:
A tributary
A confluence
The mouth
A Canyon
Meanders are what type of feature?
A steep bank
Turbulent water
Winding curve shapes
A U shaped lake
In which course does the water travel the fastest?
valley
estuary
meander
waterfall
Identify which part of the river you would find a delta.
Upper
Middle
Lower
What river feature does this image show?
Meander
Oxbow Lake
Tributary
Headwaters
