ABOUT HABITATS Rivers and Streams Written by Cathryn Sill Illustrated by John Sill PEACHTREE ATLANTA
To the One who created rivers and streams Genesis 1 1
floodplain delta PARTS OF A RIVER BASIN riverbank mouth tributary flow riverbed source or headwaters the beginning of a river tributary a stream or river that flows into another river channel the bed where a river flows riverbed the bottom of a river source or headwaters channel flow the water running in a river riverbank the land along the edge of a river floodplain the flat land next to a river that floods when the water is high mouth the place where a river flows into another body of water such as a lake or ocean delta the land formed from sediment deposited at the mouth of a river
