Rivers and Streams

2. Rivers that are created to carry water for irrigation or drinking water
4. Point where a river empties into an estuary, sea, or ocean
7. This type of river can go dry for decades at a time
11. Another name for a periodic river
12. Point where distributary river branches off another river
13. A big difference between a periodic and episodic river is that periodic rivers have ________ seasons
14. Large freshwater body of water with a well-defined path
15. the "shore" of a river
16. This serves as a barrier between a river and a community

1. All 15 Texas river basins empty here
3. An example of this type of river is the Missouri river emptying into the Mississippi River
5. Source or origin of a river
6. This type of river is often dammed for hydroelectric and irrigation purposes
8. You can find these rivers running through caves
9. ground below flowing water of a river
10. A distributary river