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River feat/erosion
features, journey, erosion
Term | Definition |
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Erosion | the wearing away of rock |
Source | where the river begins |
Tributaries | smaller rivers that join a larger river |
Confluence | the point where a tributary (small river) joins the main river |
Mouth | where the river enters the sea or lake |
Estuary | the tidal mouth of a river |
River Basin | the area drained by the river and its tributaries |
Watershed | the high ground that separates two river basins |
Load | material transported by the river |
Course | the path of the river from source to mouth |
Distributaries | small rivers that break off from the main river as it enters the sea |
Channel | the bed and the banks of the river |
Delta | land that forms at the mouth of rivers |
Vertical Erosion | river erodes the bed of the river |
Lateral Erosion | river wears away the banks of the river |
Rate of river erosion is influenced by. . . | the speed of the river's flow and the resistance of the rock type |