geography features of a river drainage basin y7 1.2.20

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what is a watershed
the imaginary line between different river drainage basins
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what is the source
were the river starts
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what is the mouth
were the river ends
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what is a confluence
the point were two rivers meet spell confluence
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what is a tributary
a smaller river that flows into a bigger one spell tributary
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what is a river channel
were the river flows in
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what is the river drainage basin
the whole are that is drained by the river and its tributaries
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what is the area of flat land which is were the river flows if it overflows
flood plain two seperate words
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