Across
- 2. A horseshoe-shaped body of water formed when a river breaks through a meander.
- 3. A process in which rocks at Earth's surface are gradually broken down into sediments.
- 4. The bottom of the river channel.
- 6. The volume of water (measured in cubic meters)that flows past any given point along the river in a period of time.
- 9. A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger one.
- 12. The steepness of a line or surface. For a river, defined by the number of meters a river drops over a horizontal kilometer.
- 13. Rock fragments created through weathering.
- 15. A wide curve in a river.
- 16. A flat area surrounding a meandering river, created by sediments deposited by the river, that is covered by water during floods.
Down
- 1. A river that forms many wide curves over a floodplain.
- 5. A measurement of how fast water is flowing through the channel.
- 7. The steep or overhanging side of the river created by faster flowing water.
- 8. A surface process in which soil, rocks, and other materials are removed and transported by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
- 10. The side of a river channel.
- 11. A gentle sloping deposit of sediments (similar to a beach) on the inside of a curve.
- 14. An unusually high discharge of water in a river that covers the surrounding land.