World Water Flashcards
(23 cards)
Mouth
River ends at the mouth
Source of a river
River starts at the source
Aquifer
Underground river or lake
Lake Superior
Largest lake in the world
Nile River
LONGEST river in world
Mississippi River
most important River system in US
Missouri River
Longest river in US
Feeds Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Where Mississippi River empties out
Archipelago
Group of islands
Delta
Triangular shape collection of dirt at mouth of a River
Isthmus
Land bridge connecting two large land masses and has water on TWO sides
Canal
Waterway dug across land
Suez Canal
Connects Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
Tributary
Smaller river that runs into larger river
Peninsula
Land mass surrounded by water on three sides
Strait
Water passage between land masses
Harbor
Like a bay but safe for ships
Smaller than a gulf
Bay
Body of water in a lake or ocean forming part of a circle along the shore that protects the shore
(Bigger than a cove, smaller than a gulf)
Baikal
DEEPEST lake in the world located in Russia
Yangtze River
Yellow River
Located in China
Ocean
Large body of salt water
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic (near north), Southern (near Antartica)
river basin
All the land that catches water and drains it to the river
River system
Watershed of a river and the river basin and the river’s tributaries including the source, the mouth and the delta of the River
