Rivers Flashcards
(16 cards)
What is the course
The root a river takes as it flows from an upland area down through its valley until it enters the sea
What is a tributary
A stream or river which joins a larger river
What is the mouth
The place where a river enters the sea or a late
What is the estuary
Where a river mouth is tidal
What is the river basin
The entire area which is drained by a river and its tributaries
What is the water shed
The high ground that separates two river basins
Three ways rivers change the landscape
Erosion
transportation
deposition
Explain erosion
Wearing away the landscape
Explain transportation
Moving material downstream
Explained deposition
Dropping the material
Four types of erosion
Hydraulic action
abrasion
solution
attrition
Explain hydraulic action
The force of the moving water erodes pieces of rock from the banks in the bed of the river eroded material is transported down to the river’s course and is referred to as the load
Explain abrasion
Lonely road and where is the way the river bed and banks deepening and widening the river channel this is also known as corrasion
Explain solution
There are water dissolves rock particles such as limestone this is also known as corrosion
Explain attrition
The load is also in collusion with self as well as the riverbed pebbles and stones rub against one another and are worn down and smoothed
What is the source
Where a river begins
