River Basins and Watersheds

A river source or headwaters are:

• the beginning of a river

• the middle of a river

• the end of a river

• a tributary of a river

Upstream means you are closer to the:

• headwaters

• river mouth

• river floodplains

• river meanders

Loops or curls in a river:

• meander

• delta

• floodplain

• tributary

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How should #1 be labeled?

• source

• delta

• tributary

• watershed

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How should #2 be labeled?

• ocean

• watershed

• delta

• meander

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How should #3 be labeled?

• meander

• tributary

• mouth

• creek

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How should #4 be labeled?

• source

• watershed

• delta

• tributary

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Which statement about rivers is true?

• Rivers form deltas where they drain into the ocean.

• River water is saltiest near the mountains.

• Rivers do not flood if there are man-made obstacles on the banks.

• River currents change in direction depending upon Earth's seasons.

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Which statement best describes a watershed?

• It is the depositing of sediments at the mouth of a river.

• It is the widest part of a river, where the most erosion has occurred.

• It is the action of rivers picking up sediments and depositing them further along downstream.

• It is an area where rivers and/or streams join together, emptying into the same body of water.

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Which statement best describes the mouth of a river?

• It is where a river splits off from another river.

• It is where a river empties into a lake or ocean.

• It is where a river begins from a spring or lake.

• It is where a river meets up with other rivers.