River Landforms and Processes
Across
- 2. Where two rivers meet
- 6. Water will be described using this word when it has absorbed as much water as possible
- 8. When large sediment is rolled along the river bed
- 11. The starting point of a river or stream
- 12. The flat land in the valley floor each side of a river channel which regularly floods
- 13. The process when water socks into the soil and rocks
- 14. The type of erosion that does not occur in the upper course of a river
- 15. A raised bank of sediment along the side of a river
Down
- 1. A bend formed in a river as it winds across the landscape
- 3. An area of higher land jutting out of a steep valley sides in a river's upper course
- 4. The corkscrew like flow of water in a meander which moves material from the outside of a meander bend to the inside
- 5. Where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of a river
- 7. The sandpaper like erosion of the river
- 9. A u-shaped lake formed when a meander is cut off from the river channel
- 10. The movement of water through soil