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Rivers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a flood plain | a piece of land where it is most likely to get flooded |
| alluvium | the fertile soil on a floodplain |
| meander | the bend in a river |
| youth | the starting stage of a river |
| source | where the river starts |
| mouth | where the river ends and may go the sea or a lake |
| confluence | where a river joins a larger river |
| tributary | the smaller river before joining a larger one |
| delta | a piece of land near the mouth of the river |
| distributaries | the channels of water going through a delta |
| mature | the middle part of the river |
| old age | the end stage of the river |
| hydraulic action | the fast moving water eroding the bank and bed of the river |
| erosion | the water breaking away at the landscape |