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| Precipitation | Rain,snow,hail and sleet |
| Source | The start of a river |
| Tributary | A small river |
| Velocity | The speed of a river |
| Waterfall | A vertical drop in a river |
| Watershed | An imaginary line around a drainage baisin |
| Abrasion | When rocks in a river hit the banks and beds of the river like sand paper |
| Attrition | When rocks in a river hit and grind against each other and get smaller and smoother |
| Confluence | When two or more rivers join/meet |
| Gradient | Steepness/slope |
| Drainage baisin | The land that is drained by a river and its tributarys |
| Traction | When large boulders roll along a rivers bed |
| Sediment | A rivers bedload/ rocks and pebbles moved by a river |
| Bedload | The material in a river e.g rocks and stone |
| Banks | Sides of a river |
| Deposition | When a river loses its energy and drops what its carrying |
| Meander | A river with lots of bends and curves |
| Run-off | An area of land/surface that water flows on e.g. down a mountain |
| Hydrological cycle | Another word for water cycle: the movement of water between air land and seas |
| Ox bow lakes | A horse shaped lake |
| Bed | The bottom of a river |
| Flood-plain | The land around river that may be flooded |
| Erosion | The wearing away and breaking down of rocks e.g. attrition |
| SUSpention | Small light materials that float along the river |