Geography Vocabulary

3. A point where a tributary flows into a river and becomes part of it.
8. The bottom or the river
10. The wearing away of the land by the river
11. The sides of the river
14. A flat area of land next to a river that gets covered in water when the river
15. cut off from the rest of the river.
16. An area near the end of a river where freshwater mixes with seawater.
18. An _________________ lake is a type of lake formed when a meander
19. A bend in a river.
20. When water droplets in clouds become too heavy, they fall to the ground as rain, snow or hail.

1. ______________runoff is water that doesn’t soak into the soil flows over the ground into rivers, lakes or the sea.
2. As it rises, water vapour cools down and starts to condense into water droplets. These form clouds.
4. The warmth of the sun turns water from sea, lakes and rivers into water vapour, which rises into the air.
5. A steep drop over a rocky ledge which causes river water to fall suddenly down.
6. Plants soak up water from the ground and give out water vapour from their leaves, which rises into the air.
7. A small stream that joins into a main river.
9. An area of wetland made up of sediment transported to the end of the river, and divided by lots of channels.
12. Some water that falls on the ground soaks into the soil or runs into cracks in the ground surface.
13. The place where a river enters the ocean.
17. The start of a river.