Words Used in Geography 01

1. Confluence

   • Beginning of a river
   • End of a river
   • Meeting of rivers
   • Stream flowing into a main river

2. Distributary

   • Deposits of waterborne rocks
   • Diversions of river courses
   • Main river branching off small river
   • Small river branching off main river

3. Source

   • Where the river ends
   • Where the river joins a smaller river
   • Where the river meets the sea
   • Where the river rises

4. Delta

   • Triangular deposits and channels at river mouth
   • Triangular deposits and channels at river source
   • Where the river begins and ends
   • Where the river rises and flows

5. Glacier

   • A meandering river
   • A river bed
   • A river of ice
   • A rushing river

6. Fjord

   • Long, narrow sea inlet
   • Shallow crossing place of river
   • Site of river bridge
   • Wide sea inlet

7. Erosion

   • Where a river wears land away
   • Where land wears a river away
   • Where words are deleted
   • Where writing is deleted

8. Anemometer

   • A pressure gauge
   • A rain gauge
   • A temperature gauge
   • A wind gauge

9. Scree

   • Permanent rocks at base of slope
   • Pile of loose stones at base of slope
   • Pile of stones on top of cliff
   • Rocks on top of cliff

10. Equatorial

    • At the equator
    • Equal to
    • Far from the equator
    • Not equal to

Quiz written by Sue Daish