Endangered Rivers: Investigating Rivers in Crisis

Endangered Rivers: Investigating Rivers in Crisis — page 3
Parts of a River source the place where a river begins usually a spring glacier or lake tributary a creek stream brook or other river that flows into a larger river channel the course a river takes through land meander a bend or turn in a river's channel bank the land alongside a river floodplain area of land next to a river where water can overflow delta area of land that forms at the mouth of a river What is a River mouth where a river ends usually into another river or the sea A river is a body of freshwater Its current flows in one direction Rivers usually start in high places They flow downhill and empty into another body of water No two rivers are alike The shape and course of a river changes over time Some rivers such as the Rhine in Europe are deep and wide and flow slowly Other rivers such as the Trinity River in California rush quickly creating rapids and waterfalls Some rivers flow only during seasons of heavy rain Occasionally some rivers flow partly underground