Watersheds and Rivers
Watershed
Tributary
Erosion
Deposition
Flood Plain
Delta
Estuary
Sediments
Divides
Levee
Meander
1. Why is it important to know the boundaries of a watershed?
2. How do rivers reshape the land
3. On a river, where are the areas of erosion and deposition?
4. Describe the difference in a river's characteristics at the headwater and at the mouth.
5. What are the positive and negative effects of changes people make in the characteristics of rivers?
6. Why are estuaries important to wildlife?
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