WorksheetsRiver Processes
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
When the velocity of the river decreases, it no longer has enough energy to carry its sediment. The sediment will be dropped at the river bed/river bank. Which process is this?
Erosion
Deposition
Transportation
Saltation
Lateral Erosion
What is erosion?
River deposits rocks and soils as it flows
River carries rocks and soils as it flows
River removes rocks and soils as it flows
Which of the following processes of erosion does NOT erode the river bank and/or bed.
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
Which of the following is NOT a process of transportation?
Traction
Saltation
Attrition
Suspension
Which of the following is NOT a process of erosion?
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Solution
Traction
What are the 3 major river processes?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Erosion, transportation, deposition
Source, tributary, mouth
River flow, river discharge, river velocity
