Rivers and Lakes

Which one of the following is incorrect?

• Rivers always flow downhill

• Rivers are normally salt water

• • large natural streams of water flowing in channels and emptying into larger bodies of water.

• A _______ is the land drained by a river and its tributaries.

True or False:

Headwaters may be fed by an underground spring or by runoff from rain, snowmelt, or glacial melt

• True

• False

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The river source is also called the ______

Smaller stream or river that joins a larger or main river

• The ______ is the primary channel and course of a river.

• Main River

• Major River

• Primary River

• Watershed

A relatively flat land stretching from either side of a river, which may flood during heavy rain or snowmelt.

• Headwaters

• Tributary

• Mouth

• Floodplain

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• True or False: Floodplain soil is often rich in nutrients and ideal for growing food.

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A loop in a river channel

• Meander

• Tributaries

• Water channel

• Watershed

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• It helps maintain river quality by filtering out pollutants and sediments, and regulating nutrient flow.

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