Water Cycle
Processes
Upper Course
Middle and Lower Course
Flooding and Management
100

When water falls from the sky it is called Geographical Term? 

Precipitation

100

Which type of erosion involves water forcing its ways into cracks in the river bed and bank? 

Hydraulic Action

100

What is the name of where a river starts? 

The Source

100

A smaller river that joins a bigger river is called a ?

Tributary

100

The area of lying ground around the river in the lower course is called ?

The Floodplain

200

When liquid water is heated and turns to a gas? 

Evaporation 

200

What type of erosion involves rocks bashing against the bed and bank of the river? 

Abrasion

200

What is the side of a river called? 

The river bank

200

What is the bottom of a river called? (What it flows along) 

The river bed

200

These are formed at the mouth of a river where it meets the sea and drops lots of sediment? 

Delta

300

When water vapor turns back into liquid? 

Condensation

300

In the erosional process called solution water dissolves rocks like limestone because it is slightly _______?

Acidic 

300

In which direction does most erosion occur in the upper course? 

Vertical (straight down)

300

A turn in the river in the middle or lower course is called a ? 

Meander

300

There are two categories of engineering in river management? 

Hard and Soft

400

When precipitation falls on trees it is called? 

Interception

400

What transportation process occurs when bigger rocks are moved along the river bed? 


Traction

400

What landform is formed as a waterfall retreats ? 

A Gorge

400

Overtime a meander can form a ? 

Ox Bow Lake

400

When the sides of rivers are made bigger with man made structures, these are called? 

Embankments 

500

When water flows over the land it is called? 

Surface Run Off

500

What transportation   process occurs when pebbles move by bouncing along the river bed? 

Saltation 

500

What is the name of the landform found where the river winds its way around harder rock in the upper course? 

Interlocking Spurs

500

What process occurs on the inside bend of a meander? 

Deposition

500

What is river dredging? 

Clearing material from the bed and or the bank of a river. 

Bonus if you mentioned increased the rivers capacity

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