River Landscapes Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• corrosion: a type of erosion process; water reacts with chemicals and dissolves rocks.
• long profile: a type of river profile; a line representing the change in gradient (steepness of slope) with distance from river’s source to mouth.
• bed load: particles in running water, which are transported along the river bed.
• transportation: the process of picking up sediment and carrying it downstream.
• abrasion: a type of erosion process; stones carried along scratch the river bed and banks.
• traction: a type of transportation process; large stones are rolled along the river bed.
• attrition: a type of erosion process; rocks being transported bump against each other and break into smaller, smoother, rounder particles.
• floodplains: an example of deposition land-forms in the lower course; wide and flat land around the river.
• saltation: a type of transportation process; small pebbles are bounced along the river bed.
• deposition: the process of depositing or dropping off any material when a river lacks energy for transportation.
• solution: a type of transportation process; minerals are dissolved and carried along in water
• cross profile: a type of river profile; shows what a cross-section of a river’s channel and valley looks like.
• suspension: a type of transportation process; lighter material (like sand, silt, clay) is suspended or carried in the water.
• velocity: a measure of how rapidly the water moves over a quantified distance (speed = distance/time).
• erosion: the process of wearing away rock and soil in a river bed and banks; also, breaking of rocks carried by the river.