River places and processes

Which of the following is not a stage of the river?

• Youthful

• Mature

• Teenage

• Old

What stage of the river has the gentlest slope?

What river feature is this?

• waterfall

• v-shaped valley

• interlocking spurs

• delta

What stage of the river experiences the most erosion?

An ox-bow lake is found in the mature stage of the river

• True

• False

What is the name of the place where the river ends, and meets the sea

Match the following

• Physical force of water eroding material

• Abrasion

• material being dissolved in water

• Hydraulic action

• the load hits against the river bed

• Solution

• the rivers load hits against eachother

• Attrition

What is it called when the rivers load is transported by flowing with the water

• Traction

• Saltation

• Suspension

• Solution

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) deposition

,

(b) erosion

,

(c) transportation

• mature stage

• traction

• depositing

• old stage

• hydraulic action

• slow movement

• carrying

• attrition

• abrasion

• saltation

• fast movement

• youthful stage

• breaking down

• suspension

What is this feature?

• levee

• delta

• meander

• floodplain