Rivers II Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• suspension : in this method of sediment transport, the particles being transported do not touch the bottom as they move through the water.
• silt : this is a type of river sediment that may be transported in suspension.
• traction : this is the method of river transport in which heavy rocks drag along the bottom of a riverbed.
• saltation : this is the method of transport in which material carried by a river bounces and rolls along the river channel.
• pothole : this is created when pebbles are spun around & around in a riverbed depression.
• gorge : when vertical erosion is rapidly occurring, a river may form a deep, narrow slot through the landscape called this.
• meander : this is a curve in a slow-moving, mature river.
• cut bank : this is the area of a riverbank where fast-moving water causes severe erosion.
• point bar : this is the area along a riverbank where deposition occurs.
• levee : this is a natural mound of debris along a riverbank that is created by floodwaters.
• dikes : these are human-made mounds designed to limit river flooding.
• oxbow lake : this is a small curved lake that forms along a river valley when a bend in a river has been completely cut off from the rest of the river.
• braided : some rivers have this appearance, which involves many sandbars & gravel islands splitting up the water flow.
• sand bars : rivers that transport large volumes of debris and deposit it within the river channel form these.
• alluvium : these rich river deposits are found on and near a river delta.
• constructive : rivers with large sediment loads have this type of river deltas.
• arcuate : this is the river delta that has the shape of an inverted cone.
• delta : this is the general term for alluvial deposits at the mouth of a river.
• estuarine : this river delta forms when river sediment is deposited in a submerged river mouth.