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1The [blank_start]lower[blank_end] course of the river flows through [blank_start]floodplains[blank_end], going downhill still, but less steeply. It is here that river can [blank_start]be joined[blank_end] by other rivers, called [blank_start]tributaries[blank_end]. The river continues, through flat lands called [blank_start]the delta[blank_end] until it reaches the sea.
- Alower
- Bmiddle
- Criver
- Dfloodplains
- Edelta
- Fmouth
- Gtributaries
- Hbe joined
- Imeet
- Jdry
- Kreach
- Ltributaries
- Msmall rivers
- Ndelta
- Omouth
- Pthe delta
- Qmouth
- Rtributaries
2In Spain there are hundreds of kilometers of dry rivers. River can dry up because of
- Anatural activity such as lack of rainfall
- Bnatural activity such as snowfall
- Chuman activity like the over-use of rivers for the cultivation of crops
- Dhuman activity like the building of dams
- Ehuman activity like the use of swimming pools
3The sides of a river are called [blank_start]banks[blank_end].
- Abanks
- Bfloodplains
- Ctributaries
4Rivers are always long, deep and shallow.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5The body of water that a river finally flows into is called
- Awatersheed
- Bdelta
- Cfloodplains
6Human activity can [blank_start]poison[blank_end] rivers with [blank_start]pollution[blank_end]. Factories let their [blank_start]waste[blank_end] water flow into rivers without [blank_start]cleaning[blank_end] it first. Even [blank_start]dropping[blank_end] rubbish on the ground can poison underground [blank_start]streams[blank_end].
- Apoison
- Bpollution
- Cwaste
- Dcleaning
- Edropping
- Fstreams
7A river flows [blank_start]downhill[blank_end] fast at first, then more [blank_start]slowly[blank_end] as it approaches the [blank_start]end[blank_end]. [blank_start]Floodplains[blank_end] are larger areas of [blank_start]flat[blank_end] land.
- Adownhill
- Bslowly
- Cend
- DFloodplains
- Eflat
8A body of water that flows from high ground to low ground is ...

- Aa river
- Ba stream
- Ca current of salt water
9A river that joins a bigger river is a ...

- Aaffluent
- Bsmall river
- Ctributary
- Dbig river
10The beginning of a river is the mouth

- ATrue
- BFalse
11The logest rivers of Spain has watershed in the Atlantic Ocean,

- ATrue
- BFalse
12A catchment is the area of land that is drained by a river

- ATrue
- BFalse
13A river may dry up in summer or during a drought

- ATrue
- BFalse
14The place where the river meets the larger body of water is the end of the river and is called the mouth

- ATrue
- BFalse
15The part of the river where it flows through narrow channel with steep sides is called

- Amiddle course
- Blower course
- Cmouth
- DSource
16Nile River is the wider river of the world.

- ATrue
- BFalse
17The river usually flows down to a ...

- Alake
- Bocean
- Cmountain
- Drange
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- Test sobre conocimientos básicos de los ríos.
- Author
- Sánchez - Genzor kids
- Language
- Español
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