Keywords: Rivers
Abrasion
Attrition
Erosion where the load (pebbles) rubs against rocks
River load (pebbles) rub against each other
Hydraulic Action
Corrosion
Confluence
Deforestation
Deposition
Drainage basin
Erosion
Flood plain
Hard engineering
Impermeable
Infiltration
Interlocking spurs
Levees
Erosion caused by the force of water
Erosion caused by the solution of minerals
The point where two rivers meet
The cutting down of forests and trees
When material is dropped by the river
The whole area drained by a river
Breaking down by the river
The flat land on either side of a river
Methods that are relatively large scale and expensive.
When water cannot get through
Water entering rocks and soil
Tongues of land which overlap in the upper part of a river valley
The raised banks beside the river caused by material dumped from
previous flooding (of the floodplain)
Further down the river where you are more likely to find ox-bow lakes
A bend in the river
The middle section of the river (between the source and mouth). More
likely to find meanders.
Where the river meets the sea
The outside part of a meander which is eroded forming a cliff
The inside part of a meander formed by deposition
Using environmentally friendly methods of coping with flooding
Where a river beings
A smaller river which feeds the main river
The upper part of the river’s course which is nearer to the source
The growth of built up areas
This is the edge of the drainage basin
Material (sand and silt) deposited by the river
Lower course
Meander
Middle course
Mouth
River cliff
Slip-off slope
Soft engineering
Source
Tributary
Upper course
Urbanisation
Watershed
Alluvium