Rivers

5. the heavier material is carried along the bottom
9. the smaller rivers that join the main river
12. there is on each side of the channel
13. the rocks and stones wear each other away too, they
14. the flat land beside the river, which may flood when the river overflows
18. larger stones and rocks roll along
20. a river carves for itself
21. the tidal stretch of the river
22. the deposited material

1. think of it like a big bowl that catches all the water and sends it to one main river, the area of land where all the water from rain or melting snow drains into a single river
2. the water dissolves soluble minerals from the bed and banks, that helps to break them up
3. rocks and stones and sand in the water act like sandpaper, they scrape the river bed and banks and wear them away
4. sand and small stones bounce along
6. where it flows into a lake
7. the dividing line between one river basin and the next
8. the point where two rivers join
10. the bottom of the river channel
11. river runs in an area with higher land on each side
15. in a fast-flowing river, water is forced into cracks in the bank, over time this breaks the bank uo
16. a wide river mouth into the sea, where fresh river water mixes with the salty sea water
17. is where the river starts
19. river drops its load