Rivers Y10

What is the end of a river known as?

What is the start of a river known as?

What is an area of land drained by one river and it's tributaries known as?

What is a bend in the river known as?

What landform is this?

• Oxbow Lake

• Waterfall

• Floodplain

• Gorge

Which type of erosion is where rivers pick up rocks and crash them into the river banks?

Which type of erosion is where the acidity in river water dissolves soft rocks around the river?

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Solution

• Hydraulic Action

What landform is this?

• Meander

• Waterfall

• Oxbow Lake

• Floodplain

Which river flows from Northern Wales into England, with its mouth near to Chester?

Which of these is a human cause of flooding?

• Torrential rainfall

• Snow melting

• Relief of the land

• Urbanisation