Rivers Geography IGCSE

A system that has inputs, processes and outputs

A continual circulation, there is a definite amount of water in the system and that this amount does not change.

Water that enters a drainage basin system

Water lost from the drainage basin system

All rivers receive a water supply from a drainage basin system

Higher ridge of land, the boundary between one drainage basin and another

The place where a river starts

The part of a river that connects/intercepts with the ocean

A freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water.

When the river is divided and separated into different river flows.