River Parts
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Watershed | The line of high ground that separates water flowing in one direction from another.
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| Drainage Basin | The area drained by a river system.
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| Source | Where a river or stream begins, for example, a spring or glacier high in the mountains.
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| Tributary | A stream or river that flows into a larger one.
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| Channel | The depression where water flows; the path a river takes.
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| Floodplain | Flat, low-lying area near a river or stream that may be regularly flooded.
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| Meander | A loop or bend in a river.
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| Riverbank | The land on the sides of the river.
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| River bed | The bottom of a river.
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| Delta | A plain formed by a deposit of sediment where a river enters a lake or ocean, typically in a triangular shape.
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| Mouth | The part of the river where it flows into a larger body of water.
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