Rivers

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