Physical Geography

2. Material rubs against the banks of the river and wears them away in a sand papering action
5. The collective name for rain, hail sleet and snow.
10. Rock left above the water.
12. Smaller pebbles are bounced along the river bed in a leap frog movement.
13. Full of.
14. A model explaining the changes downstream in a river.
17. When water travels on top of the ground.
19. A small river which joins a large river
20. When water travels sideways through the rock underground to the river.
24. Minerals are dissolved in the water and carried along in the flow.
26. When water is absorbed into the soil.
27. The name given to the place where the river begins
28. What is left in fornt of a waterfall.
29. Large boulders roll along the river bed.
33. When acids in the river dissolve rocks
34. Where the river meets the sea
35. Allow water to soak through (e.g.chalk)
36. The place where 2 rivers join.
37. Does not allow water to soak through, its impossible (e.g. granite)
38. When material collides and breaks up into smaller pieces.

1. Where the river bends
3. Where water is stored.
4. Where the water flows.
6. When water travels sideways through the soil to the water.
7. When trees block rain from reaching the ground.
8. The finer sand grains and silt particles are carried along in the flow of water.
9. The breakdown and decay of rock by natural processes
11. When liquid water is heated, turning to water vapour.
15. Caving away at softer rock.
16. The area of a land drowned by a river.
18. The sheer force and power of the river dislodges particles from the river's bed and banks.
21. Water vapour given off by trees.
22. When water moves in the basin.
23. The depth at which the soil is saturated.
25. The volume of speed at which the water flows through the river channel.
30. The movement of rocks and soil downslope due to gravity
31. When water vapour is cooled, turning to liquid water.
32. Area of highland which forms the boundary of a river basin.