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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - River Landscapes 2 (Questions)

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Small rivers may also be called by other names, including stream, creek, brook, rivulet, tributary and rill. Some are specific to geographic location, e.g. 'burn' in Scotland and North-east England.

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What is the point where a river starts to flow?

[ ]	Ketchup
[ ]	Leak
[ ]	Sauce
[ ]	Source

Which is not a way for water to run into a river?

[ ]	Contraflow
[ ]	Groundwater flow
[ ]	Surface runoff
[ ]	Throughflow

What type of lakes are the remains of old meanders?

[ ]	Longbow
[ ]	Ox-bow
[ ]	Remnant
[ ]	Ribbon

Some river mouths have what feature?

[ ]	Delta
[ ]	Glacier
[ ]	Gorge
[ ]	Rapids

What is the correct term for the bottom of a river channel?

[ ]	Base
[ ]	Bed
[ ]	Bum
[ ]	Bunk

What can be formed by both deposition and erosion?

[ ]	Levee
[ ]	Ox-bow lake
[ ]	V-shaped valley
[ ]	Waterfall

A river deposit of very fertile material is called what?

[ ]	Alluvium
[ ]	Cap rock
[ ]	Load
[ ]	Moraine

The area drained by a river is the drainage…what?

[ ]	Basin
[ ]	Bowl
[ ]	Plateau
[ ]	Reservoir

Where would a plunge pool be found?

[ ]	At the base of a waterfall
[ ]	In a delta
[ ]	Near the source
[ ]	On a flood plain

10.

High land separating two drainage basins has what name?

[ ]	Border fell
[ ]	Drainage spur
[ ]	Watermark
[ ]	Watershed

Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - River Landscapes 2 (Answers)

What is the point where a river starts to flow?

[ ]	Ketchup
[ ]	Leak
[ ]	Sauce
[x]	Source

Which is not a way for water to run into a river?

[x]	Contraflow
[ ]	Groundwater flow
[ ]	Surface runoff
[ ]	Throughflow

Contraflow is a way of controlling road traffic!

What type of lakes are the remains of old meanders?

[ ]	Longbow
[x]	Ox-bow
[ ]	Remnant
[ ]	Ribbon

Formed if the meander is cut off from the main river during a flood