Water & River Systems

Which of the following is NOT one of Canada's drainage basins

• Pacific drainage basin

• the great divide

• Atlantic drainage basin

• Hudson Bay drainage basin

• Arctic Ocean drainage basin

What determines the direction a river will flow?

• The type of water in the river

• The vegetation around the river

• the height of land the river flows over

• The amount of water in the river

The water body that exsists under the earth and flows out through springs is called

• headwaters

• ground waters

• soil water

• spring water

Following are part of a river profile: (check all the answers included)

• Source

• confluence

• meander

• soil water

What does this picture show?

• meander

• confluence

• drainage pattern

• deltas

What does this image show?

• meander

• delta

• confluence

• trellis drainage pattern

What is the twist in this river called?

• confluence

• delta

• meander

• trellis drainage pattern

Following is the image of river nile from google earth. What does the green colour denote?

• The water in river has a lot of algae

• the river runs through a forest

• their is a lot of vegetation around the river

• the river runs through Egypt

There are two types of drainage patterns : trellis and dendritic. What determines the type of drainage pattern?

• the type of water flowing in the river

• the height of land it runs over

• the types of rock it runs over

• the gravity that pulls on the water running through a river

Why is the pollution of one drainage basin a big deal?

• because pollution causes fishes to die

• because pollution can make the air unbreathable

• because the pollution can spread to far off areas

• because the government hates pollution