Geography - Rivers
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- Q1The route a river takes as it flows in to the seaCourse30s
- Q2A small river or stream that joins up with a large oneTributary30s
- Q3A part of the mouth of the river that meets the seaEstuary30s
- Q4The way a river drops it's loadDeposition30s
- Q5•It loses speed and has less energyWhy does a river deposit?30s
- Q6The start of the river, normally found in mountainous areas.Source30s
- Q7The end of the river, this is normally where a river enters the sea, but it can be where it enters a lake.Mouth30s
- Q8Where two rivers join/meet.Confluence30s
- Q9The dividing line between two drainage basins.Watershed30s
- Q10the process of wearing something away. The river erodes in four main ways; attrition, corrosion, corrasion and hydraulic action.Erosion30s
- Q11The process of a rivers' load crashing and rubbing into a rivers' banks and bed causing pieces to break off.Corrasion (abrasion)30s
- Q12The process of water dissolving a rivers' load as well as its bed and banks.Corrosion (solution)30s
- Q13Water and air getting into cracks in a rivers banks and bed causing erosion through increased pressure.Hydraulic action30s
- Q14Load crashing into each other in a river. This normally happens with suspended load.Attrition30s
- Q15vertical erosionMain type of erosion in Upper course30s
