Rivers Key Terms

4. Method of transportation where rocks roll along the river bed
9. A bend in the river created by erosion and deposition
11. The source can be found in this course of the river
13. A smaller river or stream
14. Water that falls in any form to the ground (e.g. rain, snow, sleet, hail)
15. Method of erosion where rocks scratch and scrape at the river bed and banks
17. Where a river meets the sea
18. The process of a river dropping the sediment it is carrying
20. Case study for an LIC country which flooded in 2004
23. Feature of erosion, e.g. Niagra Falls, Victoria Falls, High Force

1. Where two rivers/streams meet
2. Method of erosion by the force of the water
3. The process of water vapour turning to a liquid
5. The name for the processes: evaporation, condensation, precipitation (also a song)
6. Process of the soft rock getting eroded quicker in waterfall formation
7. Area of flat land next to the river in the lower course
8. Feature at the bottom of a waterfall that gets eroded
10. Method of erosion where rocks knock together getting smaller and rounder
12. The process of liquid turning to water vapour
16. The point at which a river starts
19. The feature left behind when a meander breaks through the meander neck
21. North East UK case study for 2008 floods
22. Method of transportation where rocks bounce along the river bed