Name_____________________________
A) Alluvial Fan
B) Continental
Divide
C) Delta
D) Divide
WarmUp -- Rivers
E) Mississippi R.
F) River System
G) Runoff
H) Source
I) Tributary
J) Watershed
_______1) The beginning of a river is known as the _____.
_______2) When the mouth of a river finally reaches its destination, the water slows down & deposits its
sediment, forming a(n) _____.
_______3) A(n) _____ is similar to a delta, but forms on land where a river emerges from a mountainous area
and flows out onto a more gently sloping plain.
_______4) The largest drainage basin in the U.S. is the _____.
_______5) The high land that separates one drainage basin from another is called a ____.
_______6) The major divide in the U.S. is called the _____.
_______7) A river and all of its tributaries is called a(n) _____.
_______8) The drainage basin or _____, of a river includes all the land that drains into the river either directly
or through its tributaries.
Name_____________________________
A) Alluvial Fan
B) Continental
Divide
C) Delta
D) Divide
WarmUp -- Rivers
E) Mississippi R.
F) River System
G) Runoff
H) Source
I) Tributary
J) Watershed
_______1) The beginning of a river is known as the _____.
_______2) When the mouth of a river finally reaches its destination, the water slows down & deposits its
sediment, forming a(n) _____.
_______3) A(n) _____ is similar to a delta, but forms on land where a river emerges from a mountainous area
and flows out onto a more gently sloping plain.
_______4) The largest drainage basin in the U.S. is the _____.
_______5) The high land that separates one drainage basin from another is called a ____.
_______6) The major divide in the U.S. is called the _____.
_______7) A river and all of its tributaries is called a(n) _____.
_______8) The drainage basin or _____, of a river includes all the land that drains into the river either directly
or through its tributaries.