"River Erosion" Crossword Puzzle

2. A horseshoe-shaped body of water formed when a river breaks through a meander.
3. A process in which rocks at Earth's surface are gradually broken down into sediments.
4. The bottom of the river channel.
6. The volume of water (measured in cubic meters)that flows past any given point along the river in a period of time.
9. A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger one.
12. The steepness of a line or surface. For a river, defined by the number of meters a river drops over a horizontal kilometer.
13. Rock fragments created through weathering.
15. A wide curve in a river.
16. A flat area surrounding a meandering river, created by sediments deposited by the river, that is covered by water during floods.

1. A river that forms many wide curves over a floodplain.
5. A measurement of how fast water is flowing through the channel.
7. The steep or overhanging side of the river created by faster flowing water.
8. A surface process in which soil, rocks, and other materials are removed and transported by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
10. The side of a river channel.
11. A gentle sloping deposit of sediments (similar to a beach) on the inside of a curve.
14. An unusually high discharge of water in a river that covers the surrounding land.