River and Drainage Basin
Water falling from the air onto land.
What is precipitation?
When the load of a river rubs against the riverbed and riverbanks, wearing them down.
What is abrasion?
Cylindrical depressions in the riverbed.
What are potholes?
Supplying water for crops.
What is irrigation?
The capital of New York State.
What is Albany?
The end of a river.
What is the mouth?
The degree to which the land slopes.
What is gradient?
Water flowing over a ledge. (You shouldn't chase these!)
What is a waterfall?
Facilities and systems that allow a place to function.
What is infrastructure?
This US state has the longest coastline (not including Alaska).
What is Maine?
The start of a river.
What is the source?
River sediments, such as silt and mud.
What is alluvium?
Steep sections of a river where shallow, fast-flowing water leads to turbulence.
What are rapids?
An increase in the proportion of people in an area.
What is Urbanisation?
The best pudding or dessert in the UK?
What is banoffee pie?
The volume of river water flowing past a given point.
What is discharge?
When small pebbles and stones appear to bounce along the riverbed.
What is saltation?
A narrow valley that forms when a waterfall retreats.
What is a gorge?
Flood management techniques that work against nature.
What is hard engineering?
Likes French fries with pasta.
Who is Luc?
Water that moves through the soil and rocks.
What is percolation?
When large boulders and rocks are pushed along the riverbed.
What is traction?
A bend in a river.
What is a meander?
Flood management techniques that work alongside nature.
What is soft engineering?
It's attached to a variable in mathematics and tells you how many times to multiply the variable by.
What is a coefficient?