Rivers introduction
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Introducing rivers to Year 6 - images and ideas link to worksheet found on www.thegeographeronline.net
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Rivers introduction
- 1. Yr 6 GeographyYr 6 Geography RiversRivers
- 3. Back to intro diagram Watershed River basin The Watershed is the highest point between two adjoining river basins. A river basin is the area drained by one river and its tributaries
- 4. Source Confluence Channel Tributary Mouth A map of the river Wear showing the two major tributaries, the Deerness and the Browney Deerness Browney Springs source tributary confluence mouth channelsprings
- 5. Back to map The source of a river is the place where the river starts
- 6. Back to map Springs are often the source of rivers
- 7. Back to map A tributary is a small river that flows into the main river
- 8. Back to map A channel is where the river actually flows
- 9. Back to map The place where two rivers meet is called the confluence
- 10. Back to map The river enters the sea at its mouth. This is sometimes called an estuary
- 11. A river estuary- where the river reaches the sea. This river system is in an area of the world where few people live
- 12. Rivers sometimes have large waterfalls across them