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The area from

which rain water
drains into the
river.

Abrasion

Erosion

Sand and stones

scrape river bed &
banks, wearing them
away.

Occurs in the upper

course.

Suspension

Tributaries

Small particles of
rock and soil
carried along in
river.

Smaller rivers that

join the main one.

Waterfall

Meander

An upper course
feature where soft
rock is eroded
away

Drainage
Basin

Pronounced bend
on a river

Confluence

The point where

two rivers join

Watershed

The boundary
between drainage
basins.

Hydraulic
Action
Water flows into
cracks in river
bank, breaking it
up over time.

Transport
Processes

Suspension,
Saltation, Traction
and Solution

Floodplain

The land that gets

flooded when the
river overflows.

A river flows in a,
what?

Load

Deposition

All the material

carried by a river

Occurs in the
middle and lower
course.

Mouth

The point where a

river flows into a
lake or the sea.

Traction

Large stones get

rolled along river
bed.

Source

Sediment

The point at which

a river begins

The name for a

rivers deposited
material.

Channel

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