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Rivers

Key vocabulary to support the teaching of rivers

TermDefinition
Bank The ground at the side of a river.
Bed The riverbed is the ground at the bottom of the river.
Channel A groove in the land that a river flows through.
Confluence Where two rivers or streams meet.
Current The flow of a river.
Downstream The directio that a river flows, towards the mouth of the river.
Deposition When a river drops the sediment or material that it was carrying often when the river current slows.
Erosion The wearing away of the land.
Estuary A drowned river valley in a coastal lowland area. Occurs near or at the mouth of a river, where the tide meets the current and the fresh and salt waters mix.
Flood Occurs when a river has too much water in its channel and the water breaks over or through the river banks and spreads over the surrounding land.
Flood Plain The flat land alongside the river usually found in the lower course of the river. It is a fertile area of land often used for farming.
Lower Course The section of river near the sea where there is a lot of deposition and the valley becomes flatter and wider.
Meander A bend in the river usually in the lower or middle course of the river.
Middle Course The section of river between the highland and the lowland where there is a lot of transportation and the river begins to cut sideways.
Mouth The place where the rivers meet the sea.
River Basin The area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.
Source Where the stream begins.
Transportation The moving of material from one place to another.
Tributary A small river that joins the main river channel.
Upper Course The higher stage of a river with steeper gradients and more erosion.
Valley A long depression in the land surface usually containing a river.
Created by: MJParker
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