Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Rivers Change the Land

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Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Rivers Change the Land

• 20 Questions!

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Water beneath the Earths surface.

• groundwater

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A place where a river begins.

• source

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The deepest part of the river.

• channel

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The place where a river empties.

• mouth

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A stream that flows into a larger stream or river.

• tributary

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A river and its tributaries.

• River system

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Land drained by a river system.

• Drainage basin

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The wearing away of the Earths surface.

• erosion

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The triangle-shaped land at a rivers mouth.

• delta

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High wall made of earth

• levee

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A wall built across a river to hold back water.

• dam.

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the height of the land

• elevation

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Land that is level with the surface of the ocean.

• Sea level

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Differences in elevation.

• relief

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toward the rivers mouth

• downstream

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Toward the rivers source!

• upstream

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Thats All!

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