GEOGRAPHY GCSE RIVERS, GEOGRAPHY GCSE RIVERS, RIVERS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

GEOGRAPHY GCSE RIVERS, GEOGRAPHY GCSE
RIVERS, RIVERS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Precipitation When water comes back down to Earth from clouds in the form of hail, rain,
snow or sleet.




2. Runoff When water washes off quickly.
Rainfall that does not get absorbed by the soil.




3. Levee A embankments on the sides of the river made from layers of sediment
deposited from flooding.

4. Evapo-transpira- When water does not return to the sea, but, instead goes back into the
tion
atmos- phere, usually by trees and plants.
5. Groundwate
r flow When water flows underground

6. Confluence The point where two tributaries meet up together
7. Watershed The dividing line that divides between two drainage Basin




8. Tributaries The very small streams that occur near the source and join up and flow into
the
main river.
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9. Meander When rivers bend or make winding curves




10. Ox-bow Lake A Lake that is made from a cut-ott meander. It is separated from the main
river by deposits of silt and material




11. Delta A land-form located at the mouth of the river , made up of dis-tributaries
and




deposits of silt and material.
12. Lateral Erosion Erosion of the sides of the river.
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13. Solution When bits of material are transported by dissolving it in the water




14. Traction When big boulders are transported by rolling along the bed of the river.




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