Parts of a River
Water Cycle
River Landforms
Rainfall
Waterfalls and Meanders
100
What do all rivers flow towards?
Sea
100
What heats the ocean?
Sun
100
What shaped valleys do rivers create?
V
100
What is water turning into a gas?
Evaporation
100
Does a waterfall more easily erode hard or soft rock?
Soft
200
Where is the starting point of a river?
Source
200
How is water returned to the earth?
Precipitation (rain)
200
What is the winding part of a river called
Meander
200
A longer name for rainfall
Precipitation
200
Does a waterfall develop in the upper or lower course of a river?
Upper
300
Where does a river enter a lake or sea?
Mouth
300
What process causes clouds to form?
Condensation
300
The river moving material is called what?
Transportation
300
What is the process which turns water vapor into water?
Condensation
300
Where in a meander does water flow the fastest?
Outer bend
400
What are small rivers that join the main one?
Tributaries
400
What is water traveling across the ground called?
Surface Flow
400
What is erosion?
The wearing away of the land
400
What is the name of soil that lets water pass through it?
Permeable
400
Eventually a river meander will form what?
Ox Bow Lake
500
What is the point where two rivers join?
Confluence
500
Why will a river keep flowing even if it has not rained in a long time?
It is fed mainly from underground
500
What is it called when a river drops off its material?
Deposition
500
What is water soaking into the ground?
Infiltration
500

The river undercuts the harder rock leaving an _____________ which becomes unsupported.

overhang

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