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Science Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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River System | A river and all its tributaries together. |
Tributary | A smaller stream or river that feeds into a main river. |
Meander | A looping curve formed in a river as it winds through its flood plain. |
Mouth | The point where a river flows into another body of water. |
Headwaters | The many small streams that come together at the source of the river. |
Source | The rivers beginning. |
Flood Plain | A broad flat valley through which a river flows. |
Ox Bow Lake | The crescent-shaped cutoff body of water that remains after a river carves a new channel. |
Erosion | The process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off from the ground surface and carried away. |
Cut Bank | Deep side of a river, so a cut edge of a river, edge of a river. |
Deposition | The process by which soils and fragments of rock are deposited in a new location. |
Downriver | A land where the slope is less steep. |