Rivers Keyword Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the word that means a bend in the river.
  2. 6. off slope the inside part of a meander where deposition builds up sediment.
  3. 7. the volume of water flowing in a river.
  4. 9. a vertical drop in the river channel.
  5. 10. lake an old meander bend that has been cut off from the main river channel.
  6. 11. when large boulders are dragged along the bed of the river.
Down
  1. 1. when water soaks into the ground after it rains.
  2. 2. a wide flat area of land next to the river in the lower course.
  3. 4. when sediment carried in the water is thrown against the banks and erodes them.
  4. 5. the land either side of the river channel.
  5. 7. the process in which the river loses energy and drops sediment.
  6. 8. a small stream or river that joins a larger river.