Rivers

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