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River and Stream Components

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The start of a river is called the what?

a)

River Channel

b)

Headwaters

c)

Tributary

d)

River mouth

2.
A river starts very small before getting larger. What is the name given to a small river that joins a larger river?
a)
Confluence
b)
Tribunal
c)
Tributary
d)
Joiner
3.
A meander is best described as ...
a)
A straight section of the river.
b)
A winding section of a lake.
c)
A section of the river that joins another river.
d)
A winding section of a river.
4.

This type of curve is most likely to create an Oxbow lake. What type of curve is it?

a)

Craneneck Curve

b)

Oxbow Curve

c)

Gooseneck Curve

d)

Sharp Curve

5.
I am the land that gets flooded when the river overflows. What am I?
a)
Levee
b)
Delta
c)
Floodplain
d)
Meander
6.

In a meander, where can you expect to have erosion and thus the formation of the cutbank?

a)

Inside the curve

b)

Outside the curve

7.
What is the name of the point where a river ends?
a)
Tributary
b)
Water Shed
c)
Confluence
d)
Mouth 
8.
What is a delta?
a)

area of water

b)
fan shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream
c)
slope of land
d)
sediments deposited at a river
9.

Which zone is described by a broad, nearly flat valley where a delta may be formed?

a)

Headwaters

b)

Depositional zone

c)

Transfer zone

d)

Riparian zone

10.
What does this image show?
a)
Oxbow Lake
b)
Headwaters
c)
Runoff
d)
Delta
11.

Where in a rivers profile would it have it's greatest volume of sediment load?

a)

headwaters

b)

transfer zone

c)

mouth

12.

A stream will tend to drop it's bed load when it's velocity ___

a)

increases

b)

decreases

13.

Where along a streams profile would you find the steepest gradient?

a)

headwaters

b)

foothills

c)

delta

d)

mouth

14.

What name is used to describe a stream with a network of channels that constantly change.

a)

sinuous stream

b)

braided stream

c)

alluvial stream

d)

meandering stream

15.

What river feature does this image show?

a)

Meander

b)

Oxbow Lake

c)

Tributary

d)

Headwaters

16.

What river feature does this picture show?

There is more than one correct answer.

a)

Riparian zone

b)

Shore

c)

Flood plain

d)

Riverbank

17.
A meander is best described as ...
a)
A straight section of the river.
b)
A winding section of a lake.
c)
A section of the river that joins another river.
d)
A winding section of a river.
18.

The land sitting next to the river banks which often gets covered in water when discharge, water flow, is particularly high.

a)

Levee

b)

Delta

c)

Floodplain

d)

Meander

19.

What is the name of the point where a river ends & empties into another river or large body of water?

a)

Tributary

b)

Water Shed

c)

Confluence

d)

Mouth

20.

Which term best describes the general flow of water over land?

a)

runoff

b)

precipitation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation