Rivers - Scientific Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The wearing away of the bed or banks of a river.
  2. 4. The bottom of a river.
  3. 5. Where a river joins the sea.
  4. 8. A bend or loop in a river.
  5. 11. A flat area of land which can flood if the river rises (5,5).
  6. 12. A small waterway which flows into a main river.
  7. 13. The wide part of a river where it nears the sea.
  8. 15. Where a river starts.
Down
  1. 1. Material that is either dissolved in the water, flows with the water or sits on the bottom of the river.
  2. 2. A narrow opening between two hills which a stream can flow through.
  3. 6. Type of lake that is formed when a large meander is by passed.
  4. 7. The side of a river.
  5. 9. Where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the sea.
  6. 10. Water drops down from this.
  7. 14. A narrow water way which flows quickly.