Rivers Key Terms

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Across
  1. 1. The point at which a river starts
  2. 4. Case study for an LIC country which flooded in 2004
  3. 6. The feature left behind when a meander breaks through the meander neck
  4. 7. Method of erosion where rocks knock together getting smaller and rounder
  5. 11. Water that falls in any form to the ground (e.g. rain, snow, sleet, hail)
  6. 14. Where two rivers/streams meet
  7. 15. North East UK case study for 2008 floods
  8. 17. The name for the processes: evaporation, condensation, precipitation (also a song)
  9. 20. Feature at the bottom of a waterfall that gets eroded
  10. 21. The process of water vapour turning to a liquid
  11. 22. Where a river meets the sea
  12. 23. A bend in the river created by erosion and deposition
Down
  1. 2. The process of liquid turning to water vapour
  2. 3. Method of erosion where rocks scratch and scrape at the river bed and banks
  3. 5. Feature of erosion, e.g. Niagra Falls, Victoria Falls, High Force
  4. 8. Method of erosion by the force of the water
  5. 9. The source can be found in this course of the river
  6. 10. A smaller river or stream
  7. 12. Process of the soft rock getting eroded quicker in waterfall formation
  8. 13. Method of transportation where rocks roll along the river bed
  9. 16. Area of flat land next to the river in the lower course
  10. 18. The process of a river dropping the sediment it is carrying
  11. 19. Method of transportation where rocks bounce along the river bed