Geography topic 4 key words (just rivers) Crossword

The scratching and scraping of a river bed and banks by the stones and sand in a river
Shows a cross section of a river's channel and valley at certain points in the river's course
A view or drawing that shows what the inside of something looks like after a cut has been made accross it
A low-lying area at the mouth of a river where a river deposits so much sediment it extends beyond the coastline
The volume of water flowing in a river, measured in cubic metres per second
Digging out drainage ditches and rivers to make them artificially deeper
Wearing away the landscape
Where a river meets the sea
Flat land around a river that gets flooded when the river overflows
A steep valley
A continuous corkscrew motion of water as it flows along a river channel
The force of water along the coast, or within a stream or river
A graph showing the amount of water in a place at different times
The soaking of rainwater into the ground
The capture of rainwater by leaves and branches. Some evaporates again and the rest drips from the leaves to the soil
Hills that stick out on alternate sides of a v-shaped valley, like the teeth of a zip
Naturally formed or artificially built embankments beside rivers
Material carried by a river such as boulders or stones
The movement of material downslope, such as rock falls, landslides or cliff collapse
A naturally occurring sharp bend in a river
Flat coastal areas formed when mud is deposited by rivers and coasts
A lake formed when a loop in a river is cut off by floods
Allowing liquids or gases to pass through it
The steep edge of a river formed when a river erodes and undercuts its outer bank
Salt-tolerant vegetation growing on mud flats in bays or estuaries. These plants trap sediments which gradually raise the height of the marsh
The bouncing of material from and along a river bed or a land surface
Angular rock pieces created by freeze-thaw weathering
Material such as sand or clay that is transported by rivers
The slow gradual movement downslope of soil, scree or glacier ice
Chemicals dissolved in water, invisible to the eye
A graph which shows the change in both rainfall and discharge from a river following a storm
Rainwater that runs across the surface of the ground and drains into the river
Tiny particles of sediment dispersed in water
Force that rolls or drags large stones along a river bed
(river valley) Deep valleys created by glaciers, shaped like the letter 'u' with steep, straight sides and a flat bottom
The speed of a river, measured in metres per second
The upper limit of saturated rock below the ground
A place where water flows over the edge of a cliff or rock; generally formed in the upper course of a river
The physical, chemical or biological breakdown of solid rock by the actions of weather (e.g. frost, rain) or plants
A steep valley that resembles the letter 'v'