Water Cycle And River Key Terms And A Rivers Work.

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Source

Back 1

The very start of a river. It is usually very narrow and shallow.

Front 2

Tributary

Back 2

A small river that joins the main river.

Front 3

Confluence

Back 3

Where 2 main rivers meet and then either join as one or separate of

Front 4

Mouth ( estuary , delta)

Back 4

Where a river meets the sea. (estuary is where river is tidal, delta is non delta)

Front 5

Drainage basin

Back 5

The area around the river that feeds the river with newer water.

Front 6

Ground water

Back 6

Water that travels under the ground.

Front 7

Surface water

Back 7

Water that travels under the ground

Front 8

Transpiration

Back 8

Water vapor that comes of trees and pants.

Front 9

Condensation

Back 9

When water vapor cools and becomes water droplets.

Front 10

Evaporation

Back 10

When water goes up to the clouds and turns into vapor from the heat.

Front 11

Pricipitation

Back 11

Any form of liquid that falls from the sky e.g:

rain,snow,hail,mist.

Front 12

Transport

Back 12

Transport is the movement eroded material by the river.

Front 13

Flotation

Back 13

Material may float in a river, this is flotation.

Front 14

Saltation

Back 14

Saltation is when material is bounced along the river bed.

Front 15

Dragged (Traction)

Back 15

Material is dragged across the river bed.

Front 16

Suspension

Back 16

Suspension is when a material is held up by the river.

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Dissolved (solution)

Back 17

Solution is when material is dissolved in the water.

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Deposition

Back 18

Deposition is when the river drops the materials it had carried.

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Erosion

Back 19

Erosion the the mechanic wearing away of rock.

Front 20

Water shed

Back 20

Determines which way the water fall/flows.