River processes and landforms

What is the source of a river?

• The boundary of a drainage basin.

• The point at which two rivers meet.

• where a river starts.

• where a river enters the sea.

What is the mouth of a river?

• The boundary of a drainage basin.

• The point at which two rivers meet.

• where a river starts.

• where a river enters the sea.

What is a tributary?

• The flat area beside a river that is covered in water during a flood event.

• The point at which two rivers meet.

• A smaller river that flows into a larger river channel.

• where a river enters the sea.

What is a confluence?

• The flat area beside a river that is covered in water during a flood event.

• The point at which two rivers meet.

• A smaller river that flows into a larger river channel.

• where a river enters the sea.

Which statement best describes a drainage basin?

• The flat area beside a river that is covered in water during a flood event.

• The boundary of a drainage basin.

• A smaller river that flows into a larger river channel.

• The area a river collects it’s water from. Also called a catchment area.

Which statement best describes the watershed of a river?

• The flat area beside a river that is covered in water during a flood event.

• The boundary of a drainage basin.

• A smaller river that flows into a larger river channel.

• The area a river collects it’s water from. Also called a catchment area.

The three main processes in the hydrological cycle are:

• education, condensation and precipitation.

• evaporation, constellation and precipitation.

• evaporation, condensation and precipitation.

• Evaporation, condensation and perspiration.

Waterfalls are found in which course of a river?

• Upper course.

• Middle course.

• Lower course.

Waterfalls are formed via which river process?

• Deposition.

• Transportation.

• Erosion.

Identify the process occurring at x

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Percolation