River Vocabulary Quiz

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Across
  1. 4. A rock that contains pores which water can pass through is considered this
  2. 7. The deposit of sediment made by rivers resulting in loose and usually fertile ground
  3. 10. water that falls to the ground as a result of the water cycle is considered this
  4. 11. An underground section of permeable rock that contains water
  5. 12. The branches of a river
  6. 14. The movement of partials such as sand across a distance via water
  7. 15. The point of a river where it joints and flows into another body of water
  8. 17. An area of land that is often or always soaked with water
  9. 18. Streams that flow year round given normal weather patterns
  10. 20. Streams that only flow during certain times of the year, usually during spring
  11. 23. Particles of sediment that are suspended within water by a current
  12. 25. A flow of water which is shallow and turbulent
  13. 27. The disintegration of rock, sediment, or soil due to water
  14. 28. An area that feeds a common outlet with all precipitation that falls within its bounds
  15. 30. The bordering ridge that separates different drainage basins or a small area that drains into a specific stream within a drainage basin
  16. 31. A lake that is formed when the meander of a river is cut off and excluded from the main flow of the river
Down
  1. 1. A process in which liquid water turns to water vapor
  2. 2. The bending and turning of a river’s path
  3. 3. When the elevated clay banks of a river become saturated with water and very heavy, the banks may collapse into a river resulting in this
  4. 5. The measure of the slope of a stream
  5. 6. An area in which water cannot leave by any means except evaporation or seepage
  6. 8. A branch of a river resulting from a split in the river’s flow due to sedimentary deposits
  7. 9. Vegetation that surrounds bodies of water and relies on that water for nutrients
  8. 13. A line that separates different drainage basins
  9. 16. The process by which water exits a plant via stomata
  10. 19. The source of water for a river or stream
  11. 21. The result of precipitation which flows and feeds into streams, rivers, and lakes, eventually feeding into the ocean
  12. 22. The path of deepest water in a river or stream
  13. 24. An area of dispersed alluviums created by the deposit of sediments at the mouth of a river
  14. 26. The process by which water permeates through the ground, soaking up various chemicals, minerals, and elements
  15. 29. The process in which rocks bounce along the bottom of a river bed pushed by the river’s current