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30 Cards in this Set
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WHAT DOES THE MIXTURE OF SURFACE RUNOFF, THROUGHFLOW AND GROUNDWATER DO TO A RIVER?
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FEEDS IT
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WHAT IS THE STARTING POINT OF A RIVER CALLED?
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THE SOURCE
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WHAT CAN A SOURCE BE?
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A MELTING GLACIER, A SPRING OR AN AREA WHERE ALOT OF RAIN COLLECTS
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WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN, WHEN A SMALLER RIVER JOINS A MAIN ONE?
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A TRIBUTARY
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WHERE DO ALL RIVERS FLOW EVEN IF THEY DON'T REACH THEIR DESTINATION?
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DOWN TOWARDS THE SEA LEVEL
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WHAT DOES A RIVER FLOW IN?
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A CHANNEL
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WHAT IS A RIVER BANK?
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THE SIDES OF A RIVER CHANNEL
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WHAT IS A RIVER BED?
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THE BOTTOM OF A RIVER CHANNEL
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WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS INTO THE LAKE, SEA OR OCEAN?
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THE MOUTH
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WHAT IS THE LAND CALLED WHEN A RIVER OVERFLOWS AND IT GETS FLOODED?
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FLOODPLAIN
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WHAT IS THE POINT OF WHERE 2 RIVERS JOIN CALLED?
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THE CONFLUENCE
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WHAT IS THE IMAGINARY LINE CALLED WHICH SEPARATES ONE DRAINAGE BASIN FROM THE NEXT?
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THE WATERSHED
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WHAT IS A DRAINAGE BASIN?
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AN AREA FROM WHICH RAINWATER DRAINS INTO THE RIVER
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WHAT IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF A RIVER?
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THE SOURCE
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WHICH PART OF A RIVER IS USUALLY THE STEEPEST?
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THE UPPER PART
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IN THE MIDDLE STRETCH OF THE RIVER WHAT HAPPENS?
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THE RIVER GETS LESS STEEP
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WHAT PART OF THE RIVER IS THE LOWEST?
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THE MOUTH
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NAME 3 THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO THE RIVER AS YOU GO DOWN IT?
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1. THE RIVER GETS WIDER
2. THE SLOPE GETS FLATTER 3. THE BED GETS SMALLER |
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WHAT IS ABRASION?
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WHEN SAND AND STONES SCRAPE THE BED AND BANKS LIKE SANDPAPER, AND WEAR THEM AWAY
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WHAT IS EROSION?
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THE WEARING AWAY OF ROCK, STONES AND SOIL BY RIVERS, WAVES THE WIND OR GLACIERS
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WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN WHEN STONES AND ROCKS KNOCK TOGETHER AND WEAR EACHOTHER AWAY?
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ATTRITION
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WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WHEN A FAST-FLOWING RIVER, FORCES WATER INTO CRACKS IN THE BANK?
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HYDRAULIC ACID
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WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WHEN WATER ALSO DISSOLVES SOLUBLE MINERALS FROM THE BED AND BANKS?
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A SOLUTION
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WHAT IS SUSPENSION?
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WHEN SMALL PARTICLES OF ROCK AND SOIL ARE CARRIED ALONG THE RIVER CHANNEL. THEY MAKE THE WATER LOOK CLOUDY AND MUDDY
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WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO HEAVIER MATERIAL THAT IS CARRIED ALONG THE BOTTOM OF A RIVER BED?
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A BEDLOAD
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WHAT IS SALTATION?
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WHEN SAND GRAINS AND SMALL STONES BOUNCE ALONG THE RIVER BED
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WHAT IS TRACTION?
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WHEN LARGER STONES AND ROCKS GET ROLLED ALONG THE RIVERBED
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WHEN DOES THE RIVER SLOW DOWN?
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WHEN IT REACHES FLATTER LAND
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WHAT IS SEDIMENT?
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WHEN THE RIVER NO LONGER HAS THE ENERGY TO CARRY ITS LOAD SO IT DEPOSITS IT.
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IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A WATERFALL, WHEN WATER COMES RUSHING OVER THE LEDGE, WHAT STARTS TO HAPPEN TO THE SOFT ROCK?
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IT BEGINS TO GET ERODED
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