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Rivers key terms (part 3: landforms)

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which terms means the fastest current in a river?

Thalweg

Thilwag

Tholwog

Thulwug

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which terms means the shallow-gradient area of deposition found on the inside curve of a meander?

Slip-off slope

River cliff

Riffle

Distributary

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term means the undercut bank of the outside bend of meander, created by erosion?

River cliff

Plunge pool

Floodplain

Levee

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name for the semi-circle lake created when a meander breaches and straightens its course?

Oxbow

Horseshoe

Bullbend

Donkeycurve

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name for the series of small waterfalls?

Eddies

Riffles

Rapids

Meanders

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which erosion process will not directly effect the rate of plunge pool growth?

Abrasion

Hydraulic action

Attrition

Solution

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is NOT a type of weathering?

Biological

Chemical

Physical

Sociological

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