Rivers
Across
- 2. A steep-sided river valley that became so by many years of erosion.
- 3. A stream/river feeding into a larger channel
- 6. The beginning of the river.
- 10. The meeting of streams/rivers
- 13. A bend in a river which continually changes shape due to the fast flowing current on the outside bank, and the slow current on the other, depositing regularly.
- 14. Small pieces of sand and rock dropped by the water when the current is slow.
- 17. A pool at the bottom of a waterfall in a river. It is deep due to the constant erosion.
- 18. lake A curved lake which is formed when a meander is sealed off by deposition.
- 19. Artificial/Man made river channel
Down
- 1. The flow…
- 4. Ground at the bottom of the river
- 5. An artificial lake made by building a dam across a river.
- 7. A river drops sediments that it is carrying
- 8. A barrier holding back water, or diverting the flow
- 9. The wearing away of rock and earth
- 11. A flat piece of land close to the river that is regularly flooded. Usually fertile
- 12. Groove in Land where river flows
- 13. The end of the river
- 15. What happens when a river has too much water in its channel
- 16. A build up of sediments at the mouth of a river