Chapter 11

Question 1

River systems begin in high altitudes…True of False?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is alluvium?

Answer 2

general term for clay, silt, and sand transported by rivers

Question 3

What is a drainage basin/watershed?

Answer 3

Area of land drained by a certain river

Question 4

What is a drainage divide?

Answer 4

seperated by ridges in a drasin basin

Question 5

What is a continental divide?

Answer 5

Mountains that separate basins that drain into different oceans and seas

Question 6

What is a delta?

Answer 6

a depositional plain formed where a river enters a lake or an ocean—triangular shape

Question 7

What is a flood plain?

Answer 7

a low lying area near a stream channel subject to recurrent flooding

Question 8

what is point bar ?

Answer 8

the inner portion of a stream meander that recieves sediment fill

Question 9

what is oxbow lake?

Answer 9

a lake that is formerly part of the channel of a meandering stream, isolated when a stream eroded its outer bank, forming a cut off through the neck of a looping meander