River
How does a river first form?
Water or melting snow from mountains
What would the bottom of the river be called?
The River basin
What is it called when the water comes to the mountain?
Headwater
The water bed tends to be a ?
V-shaped
True or false: Rivers come from the Mountains
Ture
Mountains that form the peaks around the basin are called.
The Divide
What is it called when the water comes down from the mountains?
Run off
Energy tends to cut
Deep Valleys
What is a end of a river's course, where it flows into a larger body of water like an ocean, lake, or another river?
Mouth of the river
The smaller streams that feed into a larger stream are called?
Tribuaries
What is it called a river goes onto the land?
Flood plain
The water will take a
shortcut though the land
True or false: Rivers are all the same size
False, rivers come in different sizes
What part does the river meet a lake or an ocean?
It would be the Delta
What type of water with a salinity level between that of freshwater and seawater?
Brackish water
The Water moves quickly, and there is much
Erosion
Can rivers come from snow, rain, or hail?
Yes they can
What are the turns and twists in a river?
The Meanders
What is a process of water bodies becoming enriched with excessive nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, which leads to increased plant and algae growth?
Eutrophication
The river will tend to get ____ and also ____?
Wider and deeper