WorksheetsRiver and Stream Components
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The start of a river is called the what?
River Channel
Headwaters
Tributary
River mouth
This type of curve is most likely to create an Oxbow lake. What type of curve is it?
Craneneck Curve
Oxbow Curve
Gooseneck Curve
Sharp Curve
In a meander, where can you expect to have erosion and thus the formation of the cutbank?
Inside the curve
Outside the curve
area of water
Which zone is described by a broad, nearly flat valley where a delta may be formed?
Headwaters
Depositional zone
Transfer zone
Riparian zone
Where in a rivers profile would it have it's greatest volume of sediment load?
headwaters
transfer zone
mouth
A stream will tend to drop it's bed load when it's velocity ___
increases
decreases
Where along a streams profile would you find the steepest gradient?
headwaters
foothills
delta
mouth
What name is used to describe a stream with a network of channels that constantly change.
sinuous stream
braided stream
alluvial stream
meandering stream
What river feature does this image show?
Meander
Oxbow Lake
Tributary
Headwaters
What river feature does this picture show?
There is more than one correct answer.
Riparian zone
Shore
Flood plain
Riverbank
The land sitting next to the river banks which often gets covered in water when discharge, water flow, is particularly high.
Levee
Delta
Floodplain
Meander
What is the name of the point where a river ends & empties into another river or large body of water?
Tributary
Water Shed
Confluence
Mouth
Which term best describes the general flow of water over land?
runoff
precipitation
transpiration
condensation
