drainage basin

Where does a river start?

• highland
• cities
• sea
• lowland

What do you call the start of the river?

• Sauce
• Source
• Spring

• Estuary

Where the river meets the sea

• Sea
• End
• Mouth
• Source

Where is the river fastest?

• lower course
• upper course

Where is the river widest?

• upper course

• lower course

A small river running into a larger river

• stream
• tributary
• primary river
• secondary river

The place where two river join together.

• tributary

• mouth

• source

• confluence

The boundary around a drainage basin is called the

• watershed.

• drainage divide

• edge

• river boundary

What is the drainage basin?

• the area of land where rain collects

• the place where rivers join

• where rivers start

• a smaller stream flowing into a larger stream

What is a river channel?

• It is what a river flows in

• It is made up of the bed and banks

• It is the area the rain collects in

• It is a meeting place of 2 rivers