Across
- 3. the highland separating one river basin from another
- 4. erosion eroding sideways and widening the river chanel
- 7. the point at which rivers meet
- 9. suspended particles that settles at the bottom of a liquid
- 11. the amount of water passing a certain point at a given time
- 13. an artificial lake where water is stored
- 14. material transported by the river
- 15. a cut off meander with an abandoned water source
Down
- 1. water falling from a height
- 2. river embankments built by deposition as the river floods
- 5. a deposit of sand left by flowing floodwater in a delta, typically producing fertile soil
- 6. a body of permeable rock which can contain groundwater
- 8. the speed of something in a given direction
- 10. the movement of water through the soil itself
- 12. the tidal mouth of a river with large expanses of mud exposed at low tide