Transcript Rivers - St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Rivers
By
Emma
Harridge
What is a river?
 A river
is fresh water flowing across the
surface of the land, usually to the sea. It
flows in a channel. The bottom of the
channel is called the bed and the sides of
the channel are called the banks.
What is a Spring?
The first step of a river is a spring but what
is a spring? A spring is a small stream of
water flowing naturally from the earth.
What is a tributaries?
 The
second stage of a river is a tributaries
but what are tributaries? Tributaries are a
stream flowing into a larger stream.
What are confluences?
 Confluences
are the third stage of a river.
A confluence is a flowing together of two
or more streams.
What is a waterfall?
 A water
fall could be the forth stage of a
river. A water fall is a steep decent of the
water of a river.
What is a meander?
 A meander
is the fifth stage of a river a
meander is a broad looping bend in a river.
What is a floodplain?
 A flood
plain is a plain bordering a river
and subject to flooding. A floodplain is the
sixth stage of a rivers journey.
What is a delta?
 A delta
is a large roughly triangular body of
sediment deposited at the mouth of the
river. A delta is the seventh stage of a
river.
What is an estuary?
 An
estuary is the wide lower course of a
river where it flows into the sea. An
estuary is the eight stage of a river and is
the last stage of a river.
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