WorksheetsRivers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Confluence
a point where two or more rivers meet
a small river that joins the main river
The main river within a drainage basin
Entire area drained by a river and its tributaries
watershed
confluence
drainage basin
a high-lying area separating two or more drainage basins
Drainage basin
confluence
watershed
The origin of a river
source
mouth
delta
A branch of the main river
confluence
tributary
drainage basin
the lowest level to which a river can erode
source
mouth
tributary
section of a river from the source to the mouth
long profile
cross profile
drainage basin
section of the river from one bank to another
Long profile of the river
cross profile of the river
drainage basin
Which one is an input into a drainage basin
evaporation
precipitation
transpiration
Which ones are flows within a drainage basin
percolation, inflitration, stem flow, through flow, leaf drip, through flow, ground water flow, channel flow
Interception
ground water stores
surface storage
evaporation
transpiration
Which one is not a characteristic of the upper course of the river?
V-shape valley
low volume of water
gentle gradient
Which landform does not form in the upper course of the river?
flood plain
waterfall
inter-locking spurs
Rock particles knock and bump against each other and they get smoother and rounder
Hydraulic actiion
Attrition
Abrasion
Large boulders are rolled on the river bed
saltation
traction
suspension
finer particles float on the surface of the river
suspension
traction
saltation
Meanders are created when the river enters a gentle gradient and the river starts to swing from a pool to a riffle
True
False
One of the dangers of living on a floodplain is flooding
True
False
Which one is not a hard engineering method that is used to prevent flooding
Dams
re-forestation
embankments
Channel straightening is a soft engineering method that is used to prevent flooding
True
False
An oxbow lake is formed when the loop of a meander is cut off during a flood
True
False
