Bodies of Water
Rivers
Keeps on Flowing
And Flowing
Longest Rivers
100
Large bodies of salt water
What are Oceans
100
describes all the land a river flows through
What is a river basin
100
The part of a sea or ocean where tributaries and rivers flow into
What is the drainage basin
100
a smaller river that feeds into a bigger river
What is a tributary
100
In South America?
What is the Amazon?
200
A large body of salt water similar to oceans but smaller
What are Seas
200
Here a river is fast flowing and travels down away from the source
What is the Upper Course
200
the ground a river flows over
What is a river bed
200
Precipitation that falls from the clouds in the sky
What is rain?
200
Longest river in Asia?
What is the Yangtze?
300
Large enclosed bodies of fresh water
What are lakes
300
The river flows more slowly on gentle slope and plains, it also meanders
What is the middle course
300
Follow a winding course or a zig-zag
What is meandering
300
A natural flow of underground water that reaches the surface
What is a spring?
300
Longest river in North America?
What is the Mississippi?
400
Water that flows over the ground, usually towards a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or another river
What is a river
400
The river flows slower and it widens, forming an estuary
What is the Lower Course
400
the starting point of a river
What is the source
400
Floor or Bottom of a lake
What is a lake bed?
400
Longest river in Europe?
What is the Volga?
500
Name the type for each body of water
What is the Arctic ______, Indian ______, Caribbean ________, and Black __________.
500
Where fresh water from the river meets salt water from the sea
What is an Estuary
500
All the land a river flows through
What is a River Basin
500
Longest river in Africa
What is the Nile?
500
Longest river in Spain?
What is the Tajo?
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