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Chapter 14

Matching

Matching


This activity contains 2 questions.

	Match these rivers with the type of delta formed at their mouth. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column. braided delta no delta bird-foot delta estuarine delta arcuate delta 1.1 Nile River A B C D E 1.2 Columbia River A B C D E 1.3 Ganges River A B C D E 1.4 Mississippi River A B C D E 1.5 Tiber River A B C D E

	Match each term with the proper description. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column. the catchment area of the drainage basin ridge that controls into which basin precipitation drains the arrangement of channels in an area the elevation below which a stream cannot erode its valley high ridge separating major drainage basins water leaves the basin by evaporation or subsurface flow 2.1 drainage pattern A B C D E F 2.2 base level A B C D E F 2.3 continental divide A B C D E F 2.4 internal drainage A B C D E F 2.5 drainage divide A B C D E F 2.6 watershed A B C D E F

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