geography parts of a river

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what is a bend in a river called?
meander
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what is the part of the river that used to be a meander called?
ox bow lake
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what is a small river that joins the main river called?
tributary
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what is the part of the river called where the tributary joins to the main channel?
confluence
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where does the river start?
source
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the main part of the river
channel
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part of the land next to a river which is used for flooding
flood plain
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what is the divide between the area where the river is and the rest of the land?
watershed
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what is the area of land that is drained by the river and its tributaries
drainage basin
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what is the river land form made by erosion?
waterfalls
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what is the part of the river that used to be a meander called?

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ox bow lake

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what is a small river that joins the main river called?

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what is the part of the river called where the tributary joins to the main channel?

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where does the river start?

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