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- 2. basin A drainage basin or catchment basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain, melting snow, or ice converges
- 6. reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure.
- 8. the bed or channel in which a river flows
- 9. A river mouth is the part of a river that flows into a lake, reservoir or ocean.
- 10. is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores
- 13. the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width
- 15. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
- 16. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
- 17. an area damaged by scraping or wearing away
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- 1. a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent).
- 2. is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass. Wind, ice, and water.
- 3. course a direction or route taken or to be taken
- 4. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
- 5. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
- 7. delta river delta is a landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water
- 11. follow a winding course
- 12. The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the furthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or confluence with another river,
- 13. In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of fluid, most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait.
- 14. the action of collecting water, especially the collection of rainfall over a natural drainage area.