PARTS OF THE RIVER Name:____________________ Class:_________ Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUlAANVBYHM#t=169        

  Annotate the diagram below to include the following terms: tributary, confluence, channel, watershed, source, river bed, river bank                                        

Drawing from http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb/pdfs/351.pdf

Across  

2.  Land  that  gets  flooded  when  the  river  overflows    5.  The  space  that  water  flows  through  

6.  The  point  where  two  smaller  rivers  join  a  larger  one.    9.  Smaller  rivers  that  join  a  larger  main  river    10  The  bottom  of  a  river  channel  (2  words)  

Down  

1.  Where  the  river  flows  into  a  lake  

3.  The  area  that  supplies  a  river  with  precipitation  (2  words)    4.  The  side  of  a  river  channel  (2  words)  

7.  An  imaginary  line  separating  one  drainage  basin  from  another    8.  The  starting  point  of  a  river  

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Across2 Land that gets

flooded when the river overflows (2 Words)

5 The space that water flows through

6 The point were two smaller rivers join

9 Smaller rivers that join a larger main river

10 The bottom of a river channel (2 Words)

Down1 Where the river

flows into a lake, ocean or sea

3 The area that supplies a river with rain (2 Words)

4 The side of a river channel (2 Words)

7 An imaginary line separating one drainage basin from the next

8 The starting point of a river