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WorksheetsParts of a Stream System
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the beginning of a stream or river where runoff has cut a channel?
Head
Delta
Mouth
Canyon
What is a long, low area carved by a stream or glacier with higher areas on both sides? They can also range from narrow ones with steep cliffs on both sides to wide ones with broad, flat plains.
Canyon
Delta
Valley
Floodplain
What is a deep, steep-walled gorge carved in rock by a stream or glacier?
Stream Channel
Canyon
Drainage Basin
Tributary
What is all of the land drained by a river and its tributaries called?
Stream Channel
Floodplain
Delta
Drainage Basin
What is a stream that flows into a larger stream or river called?
Valley
Tributary
Head
Mouth
What is the course along which water moves called?
Tributary
Drainage Basin
Stream Channel
Floodplain
What is a flat plain created by the sediment dropped at the river's mouth called? It can also be bow shaped or like a bird's foot (triangular) shaped.
Delta
Head
Valley
Tributary
What is a flat area next to the stream and made up of loose sediment, such as silt called? The sediment is deposited when the stream overflows its banks.
Stream Channel
Floodplain
Drainage Basin
Delta
What is the point at which water from a river or stream empties into another body of water, such as a larger stream, lake, or ocean called?
Head
Stream Channel
Canyon
Mouth
