| A | B |
|---|
| tributary | small stream that leads to main river |
| watershed | land area that supplies water to river |
| divide | a ridge of land |
| erosion | rock and soil that is carried away |
| deposition | new location of rock and soil |
| sediment | piece of rock and soil moved by wild waters |
| headwaters | small streams at river source |
| floodplain | vally though which a river flows |
| meander | curve formed by a river |
| ox bow lake | cuf off curve |
| mouth | spot where river flows into other body of water |
| delta | sediments built up at main river mouth |
| levee | long ridge formed by deposits of sediments ; along side river chord: a l |
