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30 Cards in this Set
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What are the landforms found in the upper course of a river?
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V-shaped valleys, interlocking spurs, rapids, waterfalls and gorges of recession
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What are the landforms found in the middle course of a river?
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Meanders, Oxbow Lakes, Levées, Flood Plains
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What are the landforms found in the lower course of a river?
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Meanders, Oxbow Lakes, Levées, Flood Plains, Deltas
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How is material transported down a river?
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Traction, Saltation, Suspension, Solution
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What are the four processes of river erosion?
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Hydraulic power, Attrition, Corrasion, Corrosion
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What is a tributary?
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A smaller river which flows into a larger river.
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What is a confluence?
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Where two rivers meet.
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Where is the mouth of a river?
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Where it flows into the sea.
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What is the watershed?
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The imaginary line surrounding a drainage basin.
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What is the source of a river?
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Where it begins.
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What is a drainage basin?
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The area drained by a river and its tributaries.
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What is hydraulic power?
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The force of the water eroding the bed and banks.
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What is attrition?
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The load rubbing against each other becoming smaller and more rounded.
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What is corrasion?
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The wearing away of the river banks by the load.
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What is corrosion?
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The chemical action of water dissolving minerals.
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What are the landforms found in the upper course of a river?
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V-shaped valleys, interlocking spurs, rapids, waterfalls and gorges of recession
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What are the landforms found in the middle course of a river?
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Meanders, Oxbow Lakes, Levées, Flood Plains
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What are the landforms found in the lower course of a river?
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Meanders, Oxbow Lakes, Levées, Flood Plains, Deltas
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How is material transported down a river?
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Traction, Saltation, Suspension, Solution
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What are the four processes of river erosion?
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Hydraulic power, Attrition, Corrasion, Corrosion
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What is a tributary?
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A smaller river which flows into a larger river.
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What is a confluence?
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Where two rivers meet.
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Where is the mouth of a river?
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Where it flows into the sea.
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What is the watershed?
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The imaginary line surrounding a drainage basin.
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What is the source of a river?
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Where it begins.
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What is a drainage basin?
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The area drained by a river and its tributaries.
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What is hydraulic power?
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The force of the water eroding the bed and banks.
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What is attrition?
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The load rubbing against each other becoming smaller and more rounded.
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What is corrasion?
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The wearing away of the river banks by the load.
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What is corrosion?
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The chemical action of water dissolving minerals.
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