Introduction to Rivers

The place where a river enters into a sea

• mouth

• source

• confluence

• tributary

A place where the water in the river falls down over a steep rock into a plunge pool

• oxbow lake

• meander

• water fall

• channel

The place where two rivers join together

• confluence

• channel

• tributary

• delta

An area of silt or sediment deposited at the mouth of a large river

• delta

• oxbow lake

• mouth

The path through which a river flows

• meander

• channel

• tributary

Sometimes, a part of the meander gets cut off creating a small, curved water body.

• flood plain

• oxbow lake

A smaller river that joins a bigger river

• delta

• tributary

A low lying area near a river which floods when the water in the river gets too high.

• delta

• oxbow lake

• flood plain

The curves or bends caused during the flow of a river

• channel

• meander

The place where a river begins

• delta

• source

• stream