Rivers

• Source


  The place where a river begins
• Course


  The route the river takes to the sea
• Tributary


  A small river that joins a larger river
• Confluence


  The point where the tributary joins the river
• Mouth


  The point where the river enters the sea
• Estuary


  The part of the mouth that is tidal
• Basin


  The area of land drained by a river
• Watershed


  The high ground separating one river basin from another
• Upper course (youthful stage)

  • Where the river begins
• List three features in the upper course of a river

  Waterfall

  V-shaper valleys

  interlocking spurs
• List three features of mature stage

  Wide river valley

  meanders

  floodplain