water in landscapes

1. We classify water as :
Continental
waters
Marine
waters

2. Lakes
Lakes are large bodies of
water surrounded by land.

3. Rivers are current of water that start in
the mountains and run down to the
lowlands.
Mountains
Lowlands

4. Characteriscs of the rivers: the Course
The course is the path of the river.
The channel is the terrain a river flows through.
course
channels
mouth
Source

5. Upriver is near
the source. The water
flow is small and
the river flows quickly.
Upriver
Mid-river Mid-river. the water
flow is bigger and the
river flows more slowly.
Downriver. This is the base
level near the mouth of
the river. The water flow
is the biggest and the
river flows slowly.
downriver

6. dam People build
dams to store
the river water.

7. Subterranean waters are underground.
when these waters come above the
ground they become fountains.

8. Marine waters are made
up of seas and oceans.

9. Coastal landscapes have:

10. Beaches: they are flat and have sand.

11. Cliffs: They are high and are made of rocks.

12. Capes: they are landforms
that stick out into the sea.

13. Gulfs are parts of the sea that cut into land.

14. Peninsulas: They are extensions of land
that are bigger than capes.They have the
sea on all its sides except one.

15. Islands: They are extensions of land
that have the sea all around it.
Many islands next to each other
are called archipelago.