Across
- 5. the sediments hit into each other
- 6. the normal depth of the river
- 8. the sediments hit with the river banks
- 10. material bounced along the bed of the river.Saltation: material bounced along the bed of the river.
- 13. The sheer force of the water by itself can erode material from the bed and banks of the river channel
- 14. the highland separating one river basin from another
- 16. the wearing away of the bed and banks of the river channel by abrasion, hydraulic action, solution and attrition
Down
- 1. a smaller river that joins a larger one
- 2. the land that is drained by a river and its tributaries
- 3. where a river starts, usually in the mountains
- 4. the point at which rivers meet
- 7. the material carried by a river by being bounced or rolled along its bed.
- 9. some rocks such as limestone are subject to chemical attack and slowly dissolve in the water
- 11. material rolled along the bed of the river
- 12. the amount of water passing a specific point at a given time (m³/sec).
- 15. where a river ends, at a lake or the sea.
