Rivers Key Words Test Flashcards
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What is a tributary
A small river or stream which joins into a main river
What is a meander
A bend in a river where lateral erosion will cause it to migrate across the landscape
What is a flood plain
A low flat area a of land that forms the lower part of a river. Meanders migrate across it and it is caused by lateral erosion
What are levees
These can firm artificially or naturally. They are mounds of sediment build up on the banks of the river, which become a flood prevention strategy.
What is a flood
Where there is too much water for the capacity of the channel and it overflows into floodplain surrounding it.
Vertical erosion
Erosion downwards onto the landscape
Lateral erosion
Erosion sideways across the landscape
Drainage basin
The area of land drained by a river and it’s tributaries
What’s a landform
A feature of a landscape that is formed by erosion, transportation and deposition
Suspension
Particles carried (suspended) within the water
Deposition
Where water slows down or reduced in volume, it will drop the material it is carrying
What is a Confluence
Where two rivers meet
What is a water shed
An imaginary line representing the highest point of land
What is the source
Where the river begins
What is is the mouth
Where the river meets the sea
Long profile
The journey of a river from the source to the mouth
